understudy
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Gardner’s wife, Emily Larger, is in the ensemble and serves as assistant dance captain, as well as an understudy for Mrs. Potts and Madame de l’Amour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
When Hiller did, general manager Ken Holland promoted his understudy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Reece James is the England number one but Livramento is a very good understudy.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Davies has been playing the lead role, but was reportedly replaced by her understudy Hannah Lowther in Milton Keynes on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Put simply, a pronoun is an understudy for a noun.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Viewers watch as Jeanine intellectualizes each character’s motivations and inner thoughts, dictating them to the performers onstage and their understudies.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
His understudies, Jake Oettinger and Jeremy Swayman, are arguably better than any other goalie in the tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2025
Harry Kane is obviously England's first-choice striker but a back injury sharpens the focus on his understudies.
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
Instead he returned to lead a team that was relying on freshmen and understudies to step into starring roles around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
In response to his call three of his understudies came on with headlong greeting.
From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Belle Kanaris Maniates
She said it is too new and understudied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
But the particulars of Arthur Liu’s pathway—single father by choice via surrogacy—have been largely understudied and, despite those high-profile examples, receive little public attention.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
"The role of astrocytes in central nervous system healing is remarkably understudied," said David Underhill, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2026
He recently analysed just how understudied most other bacteria have been relative to E. coli.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
A successful soloist at Friday rehearsal may be found incompetent by Sunday, so that all solo work is carefully understudied.
From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen
Now graduated, Shavit-Lonstein works two day jobs while “swinging” — understudying multiple roles — in “Winnie the Pooh” at StoryBook Theater in Kirkland.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
It was there where Poitier was given the role of understudying Belafonte in "Days of our Youth."
From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2022
My fantasy is that the actor I’m understudying books some big Marvel movie.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
In 2019, Johnson made history as the first actor of color to take the Broadway stage as the bubbly, blond enchantress while understudying the coveted part.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
She was understudying Martha, too, when anyone was sick in the town, and needed nursing or a helping hand.
From The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Vocabulary lists containing understudy
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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