understudy
Example Sentences
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After years of working at the venue, the unlikely understudy took centre stage in the dame role of Sherie Trifle at the near sold-out performance.
From BBC
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 Literature
As Duncan warmed up more than two hours before kickoff, Nico Iamaleava stood behind his understudy, wearing sunglasses and the hood of his windbreaker pulled over his head.
From Los Angeles Times
Daniel Jones also spent time last season as an understudy in Minnesota and is now having a career season with the Indianapolis Colts.
Hurst has put together a breakthrough junior season after being a two-year understudy to Jackson Kollock, who is now at Minnesota.
From Los Angeles Times
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