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Example sentences for: standby

How can you use “standby” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The rejoinder Prudie suggests is, granted, an old standby, but it defuses the situation and everybody gets the message.
News standby: rankings.
(I will have to return to my old contrarian standby, the Unsung Greatness of Oliver Stone.)
, lost business revenue, staff standby, nonproductive capital investment costs); and
standby costs incurred while construction is either stopped or slowed to incorporate changes;