Words similar to standby

Example sentences for: standby

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

standby costs incurred while construction is either stopped or slowed to incorporate changes;
, lost business revenue, staff standby, nonproductive capital investment costs); and
The old standby, Nuit de Paris, is all right (provided you hit the right nuit).
The New York Times relegates impeachment to the off-lead and instead turns to tobacco, the old standby, to explain the creative ways states are spending the windfall from their victorious anti-tobacco lawsuit.
As for getting your manuscript back, it's pretty clear that Jane isn't going to ask, and you don't want to, so let's try Prudie's standby: a lawyer letter.