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as in endured
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I don't know how you can stand that job
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as in paid
to give what is owed for
I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later
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as in was
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league
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Recent Examples of stood
The two children stood to inherit $5 million apiece from him, according to Reuters.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
As Christian sang, Brown stood nearby, visibly emotional, watching his son take centre stage.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Julia Kern stood as the top American, finishing sixth and last in the final race.
—Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
Against this pastoral backdrop, Bad Bunny stood looking modern and fly, in a boxy white shirt patterned like an NFL jersey.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
For the next 47 years the ban stood, though a few skaters still performed backflips in competition as a show of defiance.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 9 Feb. 2026
The 41-year-old was then airlifted off the Olimpia delle Tofane piste as the crowd stood to applaud her.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Bazaar merchants took to the streets, and the public stood behind them.
—Shahrnush Parsipur, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Even in the freezing air, Romian Crockett stood outside Chalmers STEAM Elementary with a boombox blaring ’90s music.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
As Christian sang, Brown stood nearby, visibly emotional, watching his son take centre stage.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Julia Kern stood as the top American, finishing sixth and last in the final race.
—Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
Against this pastoral backdrop, Bad Bunny stood looking modern and fly, in a boxy white shirt patterned like an NFL jersey.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
For the next 47 years the ban stood, though a few skaters still performed backflips in competition as a show of defiance.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 9 Feb. 2026
The 41-year-old was then airlifted off the Olimpia delle Tofane piste as the crowd stood to applaud her.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Bazaar merchants took to the streets, and the public stood behind them.
—Shahrnush Parsipur, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Even in the freezing air, Romian Crockett stood outside Chalmers STEAM Elementary with a boombox blaring ’90s music.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stood
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Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.—
Amanda Rosa,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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Japan has endured inflation above the Bank of Japan's target for 45 consecutive months, declining real wages and persistent yen weakness.—
CNBC.com staff,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Griffiths endured the pandemic, had three kids, raised a $50 billion series B round, and sold the company for $320 million—all within the span of just two and a half years.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Attorneys are expensive, while Lake County taxpayers paid for what many saw as a case of prosecutorial overreach.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Ross already paid $7 million of Jalen Ramsey’s $26 million salary last season to facilitate a trade that helped Miami land Minkah Fitzpatrick.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Importantly, there was no access to our member database, member accounts, the Bumble application, or member direct messages or profiles.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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All the while, there was the cancer.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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County Supervisor Janet Nguyen said Do’s disbarment serves to show the public that government corruption will not be tolerated.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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Its approval came after a 12-month safety study that found the drug had no serious side effects and was both safe and well tolerated.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Feb. 2026
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The transitional committee, made up of Palestinian administrators, has met in Egypt but has not yet entered Gaza.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The scope of its ambition is met, at every turn, by deft control over what is witnessed, and how.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Netflix does not publicly release detailed viewership data, but Treviño said his special ranked among the platform’s top comedy offerings that debuted that year.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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UConn is 22-1, has won 18 in a row, is 7-0 in true road games, ranked third in the nation, and the coach is no longer lamenting a lack of killer instinct, but showing the lack of respect card.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Conrad wasn’t sure how football fans would react but said most people eagerly accepted a towel.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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If your complaint is accepted by the authority, an investigator will determine whether any laws, policies or procedures were broken by officers.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Stood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stood. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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