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stand for

verb as in signify, mean

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"We need to change people's perceptions of what Jaguar stands for," he said.

From BBC

One consequence was that a lot of people remained unsure what she stood for.

From Salon

He also began campaigning for the legalisation of cannabis and stood for election to Parliament in 1997 on a single-issue ticket of reforming drugs laws.

From BBC

In the last 10 years or so, archeologists have begun to use a technology called lidar, which stands for “Light Detection and Ranging”.

And in the back of the cavernous warehouse, in a secure hangar, Gnatalie stands for the first time in 150 million years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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