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substitution

NOUN
replacement
Synonyms


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Or he can push for a rate cut to keep credit flowing and let high prices call forth new supply, substitution and efficiency.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Premier League teams are permitted to make one concussion replacement per match, which does not count towards their usual substitution limits.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Those people are spending money they likely would have spent in the city anyway, a principle economists call substitution.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

The bank expects resilient demand and cash flow across the sector, supported by stimulus safeguarding local supply chains and acceleration of import substitution, to partially offset prolonged volatility risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

For their secret language, they had decided on a substitution cipher.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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