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• n  something that can be relied on when needed
• n  an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
• s  ready for emergency use
  a standby generator
  a standby crew

• understudy

News & Articles

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• How duct tape patched up the world – and why we're still sticking with it
  Over the past half a century, duct tape has been keeping NASA's astronauts alive, putting airplanes back together, making race cars speedier and patching up millions of fix-it projects. It's even been used to remove warts. But the makers of duct tape aren't resting on their sticky, gray laurels: On the contrary, engineers and designers are adding some new twists to the decades-old standby."Ten ...
  June 16, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• WEATHER BLOG: Pa. National Guard helicopters on standby for severe weather today
  Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency spokesman Cory Angell said a standby worker was added at the emergency operations center in Harrisburg and officials had ensured two National Guard hel…
  June 13, 2013 - The Sentinel
• MB Holding Company LLC ("MB") Announces Closing of Standby Commitment for the Rights Offering of Nautilus Minerals Inc ...
  MB Holding Company LLC ("MB") Announces Closing of Standby Commitment for the Rights Offering of Nautilus Minerals Inc. ("Nautilus")
  June 12, 2013 - CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Jean-Claude Trichet in AFP
  I do not trust that it would be appropriate to have the introduction of the IMF as a supplier of help through standby or through any kind of such help,Trichet told reporters in Frankfurt following a meeting of ECB policymakers.
• David Graveney in Yahoo! Eurosport
  With the growing threat of violence in Mexico spilling over the border, we have taken important measures to increase the law enforcement presence along the Texas border and have placed additional resources on standby to combat any potential... Rick Perry http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFKdUmhufcX5844Hz8zF25ntzzTCg AFP http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNe5uB0SWgrRBewzWPytXm6ndmfw&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEBrS8xgca8Pq021RWdL6q5NKGABw Mar 16, 2010 94104 125074 standby I've suggested to him that we wait a couple of days then sit down and work out the best plan for him in terms of being on standby for Sri Lanka and also to get in the right situation to be considered for New Zealand," Graveney said.