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substitution

NOUN
replacement
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Or he can push for a rate cut to keep credit flowing and let high prices call forth new supply, substitution and efficiency.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Pedro Aznar, an economist at the Spanish business school Esade, also said Spain is profiting from a "substitution effect".

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The game's governing body supplied historical samples which, when retested, showed five instances of sample substitution involving Sharikadze and five other players, dating back to 2019.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Those people are spending money they likely would have spent in the city anyway, a principle economists call substitution.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

The Clue was a substitution cipher—Emily was sure.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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