substitute
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Flo scored 34% of his 38 Premier League goals as a substitute - the eighth-highest ratio for those with 20 top-flight goals or more, while he is also joint-eighth overall for goals from a substitute.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
That meant Germany could not simply substitute graphite for heavy water to overcome its supply problems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The ministry last week promised 3,000 substitute teachers for the country's 114 worst-affected secondary schools, and said on Wednesday it had already dispatched 2,000.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Simply put, throughout his career, Defoe - also England's highest-scoring substitute with seven goals - was the ruthless finisher a manager wished to see when anxiously glancing at their bench in need of a goal.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Food was weak coffee substitute in the morning, watery soup at lunch, and bread at night.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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The findings, published in Molecular Systems Biology, raise new questions about how sugar substitutes interact with the body.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Those savings are not small potatoes: The skin substitutes cost taxpayers billions, and the figure has risen dramatically since before the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Many processed foods contain several forms of sugar and sugar substitutes at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
But with some of these higher-protein, higher-fiber options, I’m using substitutes like protein pasta or bone broth rice to keep eating the things I want to eat while being a little more macro-conscious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Mr. Kleiman has taken over Opekta, and Mr. Kugler, Gies & Co., the company dealing in spices and spice substitutes that was set up in 1941.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Ronaldo started that game but was substituted in the 67th minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Thirty years since Berger, Smicer, Poborsky and Nedved endured their north London heartbreak, the creaking old stadium has long ago been substituted out and replaced by a Wembley fit for the 21st Century.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
They also substituted bamboo biochar for cement at concentrations of 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5%.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
And if one definition fails to make the point, another can be substituted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
What he couldn’t do physically, he substituted with emotional and intellectual guidance and support, which is why he enjoyed his work as a precinct captain for the city’s Democratic Party.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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In fact, substituting toys for all hazards and unwanted behaviors are excellent protective measures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
Then, quickly substituting his own bird, he passed it to the blind man and put the colored bird into his own pouch.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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