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That's why medical teams, replete with Life Flight helicopters, are always on standby at tour events.

Daniel Schachner, the actor playing the referee for Puppy Bowl X, waits on standby to help out on the field.

Ballard had Lottie Jackson and the ambulance crew “on standby,” in case the jury wanted them.

So while the Republican race is in full throttle, the Democrats are left in standby mode.

They would rather you not think of devices in standby mode and would rather make that extension cord as invisible as possible.

When he had been with Ament little more than a year Sam had become office favorite and chief standby.

The wreck of the Clyde was once more our standby, providing a suitable length of chain and four shackles.

So Joes dismay at the thought of Jim, his main standby, letting down in his efficiency was amply justified.

I dilute with a few drops of water a little Liebig's extract, that precious standby of the kitchen.

They prove unmistakably that his standby was the grain crops grown on the open fields.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to standby, such as: assistant, backup, deputy, double, fill in, and relief.

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

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