replacement

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You could say Cook has chosen a replacement in his own mould: calm, steady, reliable.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

And his replacement, Marco Rose, will be desperate for defender Marcos Senesi to stay in Dorset.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Cheung said Chavez-DeRemer's deputy Keith Sonderling would step up as acting labor secretary, but it was not clear who Trump has in mind as her permanent replacement.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

In Anaheim, however, two deals that would have anchored the Angels there for decades collapsed, and the 60-year-old stadium is in serious need of renovation or replacement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Does the transition mark the replacement of Jomon people with immigrants from Korea, ancestral to the modern Japanese?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond