substitute
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The rapid improvement in artificial intelligence has also become a potential labor-saving substitute.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
By doing so, prosthe6 can effectively substitute for some of the function normally provided by missing photoreceptors.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
While I’d sooner take life advice from my golden retriever than a chatbot, my parents aligned with their contemporaries in treating Claude as a Google substitute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Gonzalez was an unused substitute at the weekend as Manchester City came from behind to defeat Bournemouth 2-1 in manager Enzo Maresca's first Premier League game in charge of the club.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
There was no substitute for working with three-dimensional materials.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Romeo Lavia came off the bench, with Valentin Barco and Dario Essugo remaining unused substitutes.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a world where influencers warn of spiked cortisol levels and disrupted circadian rhythms, plenty of consumers are turning to prebiotic sodas, sugar-free beverages, and refreshers as substitutes.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
New guidelines accompanied a government report citing research that linked sugar substitutes to conditions such as cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The competitive threat posed by cheaper Chinese substitutes has once again assailed semiconductor stocks, leading to dramatic falls in some of the biggest memory chip makers in Asia on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Thousands were disappointed to have to hear me instead, or other poor substitutes for Mr. Muhammad in person.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Its header, though, showed it came from his address, with IRS.GOV substituted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In a recent report, Wall Street Bank Goldman Sachs estimates that 8-12% of non-farm jobs in India are at the risk of being substituted by AI.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Rodri, who had been substituted in extra-time, ran over from the dugout to join his team-mates.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
This was the first time he had failed to score at the World Cup and, by the time he was substituted in extra-time, he had failed to register a single shot on target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
She took her time explaining the heart of the matter as she slipped her everyday bonnet from her head and substituted the flouncy, feathery one in its place.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
"Instead of changing the team's tactics or style of play, Hong simply tried to solve the problem by substituting players."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Nostalgia is basically substituting what you feel now for what actually happened then, right? I have no nostalgia for childhood summers because nothing happened.”
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
It complements the expert while substituting for the intermediary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Back in 2005, when Roberts rhapsodized about Indiana farmland and an endless horizon punctuated only by silos and barns, he was substituting a humble, real-life Midwest upbringing for his own.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
With more than enough time to kill, I started in again—rearranging them, trying to create anagrams, substituting different letters for others.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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