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substitution

NOUN
replacement
Synonyms


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In sudden-death overtime against Sweden in the quarterfinals, Hughes waved off a substitution just before burying the game-winner that kept his country’s medal dreams alive.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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

Villa were able to pass around City's high press and it was telling that Guardiola changed things in the 61st minute with a triple substitution.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Recessions are generally characterized, in the first instance, by the substitution of a sudden, sharp, upward movement in the unemployment rate for a gradual downward or sideways movement.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

For example, I’m incapable of typing the word substitution correctly.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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