standby

Example Sentences

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I make it a point to introduce my students to the literature of their home state, which includes Joan Didion, a standby and giant of what we now call creative nonfiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The risk of dwindling electricity supplies has caused a spike in the price utilities pay power plant owners to operate on standby during times of extreme demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In Europe, Italy has put its coal plants on standby as it girds for a prolonged energy shock.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The force added it was taking the rare step of putting its armoured vehicles on standby.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

I was the proverbially overprepared student; I had to have a standby writing utensil.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez