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to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval
a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis
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Recent Examples of stood up
Some other new fall arrivals stood up for themselves as well.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Bunnie Xo stood up for herself while also defending her husband, Jelly Roll, after being attacked online for her bombshell appearance.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
As Saft stood up, his phone pinged.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The minister grinned, refused to commit himself, and then stood up for a round of photographs.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Papoose allegedly stood up for his girlfriend, Claressa Shields, in a firm way after she got called Serena Williams.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
The narrative that the champions’ record-breaking show of ambition in the transfer market would lead to them simply blowing their rivals away this season never stood up to scrutiny.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The McCarthy Era ended when Americans from across the political spectrum finally came together and stood up for the principles in the Constitution against the forces of repression.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Colangelo showed the collection at the Poldi Pezzoli museum, and his eye for detail and craftsmanship stood up to the all of the paintings, glasswork, ceramics and jewelry on display.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Bunnie Xo stood up for herself while also defending her husband, Jelly Roll, after being attacked online for her bombshell appearance.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
As Saft stood up, his phone pinged.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The minister grinned, refused to commit himself, and then stood up for a round of photographs.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Papoose allegedly stood up for his girlfriend, Claressa Shields, in a firm way after she got called Serena Williams.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
The narrative that the champions’ record-breaking show of ambition in the transfer market would lead to them simply blowing their rivals away this season never stood up to scrutiny.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The McCarthy Era ended when Americans from across the political spectrum finally came together and stood up for the principles in the Constitution against the forces of repression.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Colangelo showed the collection at the Poldi Pezzoli museum, and his eye for detail and craftsmanship stood up to the all of the paintings, glasswork, ceramics and jewelry on display.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stood up
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Since Operation Nightingale began, the three agencies have worked on 24,757 square feet of the site and recovered nearly 5,000 of the plane’s artifacts.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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But the real, urgent work ahead of them was to redeem the losses slavery had wrought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Experimental drugs that could help them are being held up while their disorder progresses daily, their dad said.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Users have confirmed the easy-to-maintain material has held up after multiple trips through the washer and dryer with no pilling.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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