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substitute

[suhb-sti-toot, -tyoot] / ˈsʌb stɪˌtut, -ˌtjut /






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Potassium can also be used as a substitute for some of the sodium in salt.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

It would be hard pressed to substitute that level of support from Europe or elsewhere, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

But Suez is an outlet, not a full substitute.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

The 20-year-old started the Italian's first game in charge – a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland – and, after that, made four appearances as a substitute.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

“Travis,” I said, “I have found you three substitute turkeys. I’ve found a man who’ll trade. But you can’t watch. You have to say good-bye to them tonight. It’s better this way, do you understand?”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

Several widely used sugar substitutes may be associated with faster declines in memory and thinking skills over time, according to research published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

A last-minute loss to Turkey was dismissed as a speed bump, played with substitutes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

"Portugal dictated most of the game, but Rafael Leao did not offer that extra spark, neither did the other substitutes," said Balague.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

We had substitutes for the rest of the year.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

He was substituted during the match with DR Congo, then used for one minute as England tried to salvage the match against Argentina.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Rice, who suffered with a sickness bug in the lead-up to Saturday's quarter-final victory over Norway in Miami, was substituted at half-time.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

Ronaldo then looked gutted as he was substituted in the 81st minute of his 26th match at a World Cup.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

The center was housed in a brick building on a corner lot on Prospect Avenue, whose prime blocks were dominated by the grand, mansion-like stone and Tudor-style eating clubs that substituted for fraternities.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Vermeer eschewed easy narrative deduction, Mr. Graham-Dixon writes, by substituting the map with a blank wall.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 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

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

She met Rachmaninoff in 1934, after substituting for him in a concert.

From BBC Apr. 23, 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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