replacing

NOUN

replacement

Synonyms

STRONG

rehabilitation reinstatement renewal restoration substitution

WEAK

reconstitution

Example Sentences

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Less than four weeks later, DePodesta was fired for not adequately replacing Tracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

Welcoming the announcement, former Red Arrows pilot Andy Wyatt said: "It provides much-needed certainty that the process of replacing the Hawk aircraft is finally moving forward."

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The upgrade will require fully replacing the components in 1.2 kilometres of the 27-kilometre tunnel.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Plus, the new drugs replacing chemo in breast cancer treatment and what the AI agents inside AI giants tell us about the future of work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

The next year after that was 2 AD, and the next 3 AD, and so forth, replacing the two dating systems then most commonly in use.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife