understudy
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When Hiller did, general manager Ken Holland promoted his understudy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Soon Lindo was cast as an understudy to Danny Glover in “’Master Harold’…and the Boys,” a play set in apartheid-riven South Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Simply going to the Games as an understudy to Chen’s leading role would have been valuable experience.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
He snatched provisional top spot in beautiful, sunny conditions, but could only watch with bated breath as his understudy took to the start hut.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
Therefore I propose that someone with a keen sense of the theatrical, a talent for mimicry and improvising dialogue—a playwright, perhaps?—be engaged as an understudy to the ghost, as it were.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing understudy
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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