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After leading the Bruins to their first win at Autzen Stadium since 2004, Dieffenbach earned the right to replace Iamaleava in the starting lineup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Microsoft does not need to replace every Nvidia chip to strengthen its negotiating position.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The reform will replace the widespread "6x1" system -- six days of work followed by one day off -- with a five-day week, gradually reducing the maximum working week from 44 to 40 hours.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Arbeloa arrived at Fulham in the summer on a three-year contract to replace former boss Marco Silva, following his short spell as Real Madrid's interim head coach.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I know things have been hard, Mira, since I lost my job. I’m sorry we can’t replace the phone, but I promise that as soon as I’m working again, everything will go back to normal.”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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Platinum is new and effectively replaces its current Companion Pass program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Brewers manager Pat Murphy promptly replaces Uribe with left-hander DL Hall, who had been warming up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
In effect, the system replaces a computationally demanding digital decoding network with a physical process that can handle many streams in parallel.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
"We hope that whatever replaces the X2 is safe."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
It’s is short for it is, and the apostrophe replaces the missing i in is.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Matos detailed his list of priorities when he replaced Alan Sheehan at Swansea.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Zacharia replaced secretary Karoline Leavitt, who resigned from the position in August.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Barf bags are still supposed to be put in every seat, major U.S. airlines and flight attendants say, though some acknowledged that bags may not always be replaced immediately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But he soon became disillusioned when his new job was replaced -- by AI.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Razi felt the familiar sadness that he carried everywhere being replaced by a cold, rising anger.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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Apple says another reason to use its system is privacy, though it remains to be seen whether that is enough to persuade people to go through the trouble of replacing their existing system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Rather than replacing the damaged joint, doctors use a thin catheter to deliver microscopic particles directly into specific blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Roberts brought in left-hander Kris Bubic, replacing right-hander Roki Sasaki after a hitless inning, to face the left-handed-heavy heart of the order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Hynes also gives examples of changes on the recently nationalised Thameslink; investment in better cleaning, improving toilets and replacing unpopular upright "ironing-board" seats.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Ugwu knew that an army contractor had donated some corrugated iron for replacing the blown-off roof and that volunteers were camouflaging it with palm fronds.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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