Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: standby

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Usage examples:

Ambulances and doctors have reached the site and are on standby.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/uttarakhand-uttarkashi-tunnel-collapse-rescue-updates-b2452121.html

As a provision, the MSEDCL тАУ popularly known as Mahavitaran тАУ has kept private agencies on standby mode for the operation and management of electricity distribution services.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-msedcl-employees-to-go-on-3-day-strike-8359286/

British Gas has warned UK households how they are still using electricity by leaving devices on standby - such as chargers left in sockets.

Source: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/british-gas-warns-customers-over-28266697

But, if you’re willing to spend a few hours in Baltimore, you’ll eventually get to your birthing room, after waiting in the standby line with forty other women in labor.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/if-corporations-rather-than-the-corporatized-us-health-care-system-handled-childbirth

But you are at least promised a seat that way, unlike any of the standby options.

Source: https://www.themarysue.com/how-to-get-tickets-to-snl/

CEO, Sergey Ogorodnov, a “common mistake” many people make is leaving their and devices on standby.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/property/1833122/energy-bills-appliances-standby

Crews remained on standby until the gas line was secured.

Source: https://www.sidneydailynews.com/2023/11/06/gas-leak-at-ring-container-technologies/

Cumberland County on Friday had not planned to open any shelters or its main emergency operations center, but Booth said those resources are on standby and can become operational very quickly depending on the weather.

Source: https://www.wral.com/story/weekend-plans-here-s-what-is-canceled-due-to-nc-tropical-storm-ophelia/21062029/

Following the July coup in Niger, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) activated a standby force and threatened violence if the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum was not reinstated and constitutional order restored.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/niger-burkina-faso-mali-form-military-pact/

Gaffney was one of the 12 stars on standby to take the place of any campmate that caught Covid in 2020.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/showbiz/2023/05/14/dean-gaffney-on-bowel-cancer-scare-im-a-celebrity-medical-team-saved-my-life/

He added that these rare health complications were why health professionals had campaigned to have defibrillators on standby at games.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/factcheck-damar-hamlin-covid-19-vaccine-5962231-Jan2023/

He joked that if his partner, Hannah Cooper, goes into labour, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are on standby to take her to the hospital.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23770404.lewis-capaldi-wins-nta-netflix-documentary/?ref=rss

In standby mode, when the desk is not being moved, the power consumption is minimal.

Source: https://gamerant.com/flexispot-offers-desks-and-more-for-up-to/

In the case of Corfu, they said the fire was “moving southeast on a broad front” and added that private vessels were on standby to pick up evacuees.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/07/23/greek-authorities-evacuate-some-19000-people-as-wildfire-blazes-on-the-greek-island-of-rhodes/

It comes with a powerful battery of 400 mAh that provides users 15 days of run time and 30 days of standby, the company said.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/fire-boltt-launches-two-new-smartwatches-with-exciting-features/

It had been put on standby last February, should a surge in cases in the winter and fall require mass vaccination clinics to be re-established.

Source: https://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/with-the-pandemic-waning-life-should-return-to-normal-for-most-arra

It said any unauthorized person underground could leave the mine at any time by the exit points where public security remained on standby.

Source: https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2023/06/01/rampaging-youth-destroy-property-over-detention-of-illegal-miners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rampaging-youth-destroy-property-over-detention-of-illegal-miners

Jacob Stockdale’s chances of staying top of the standby list for Ireland’s World Cup squad have been hamstrung.

Source: https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup/jacob-stockdales-chances-of-featuring-for-ireland-at-this-rugby-world-cup-recede-further/a301670013.html

Japan's top currency official said on Wednesday that the authorities are on ''standby'' to react to sharp moves in the yen.

Source: https://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/139130.php

Long is also excited by the potential of O’Donkor, who has been nominated for the LFE League One ‘Apprentice of the Season’ and is understood to have been on the standby list for the England Under-19 squad last month.

Source: https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/sport/23467661.liam-manning-sam-long-oxford-uniteds-young-attackers/?ref=rss