substitute

I asked him to meet me on the lakefront for a walk — a poor substitute for the Pacific air, but beautiful all the same.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

He was a second-half substitute in City's 3-0 Community Shield defeat by Arsenal and then an unused substitute in their Premier League opener on Saturday, a 2-1 home win over Bournemouth.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

But he added: "Maybe he believes that statues and buildings and other things named for him will substitute for the kind of performance in office that makes you a memorable president."

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

“Sales of our proteins and modifiers have increased 300 to 400%. They’ll substitute out three ounces of chicken and get a full chicken breast, which is eight ounces of chicken.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

“Um, my dad’s an aide at a center for runaway youth. And my mom’s a substitute teacher. Dadi doesn’t work.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

JPMorgan said the humanoids can be complements rather than substitutes for human labor.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

In most cases, demographic reports have become substitutes for the harder work of investigating actual complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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

All three were substitutes in the Champions League final.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“They get qualified substitutes, and the school system saves money, since they’re paying us regardless.”

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

Its header, though, showed it came from his address, with IRS.GOV substituted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

While translating from Ottoman Turkish, an archivist substituted out the original owner and inserted Seit Shehu’s name instead, a court found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Kane was only substituted twice, with six minutes left against Panama and one minute remaining in the last-16 tie with Mexico.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

Swift had read Cyrano, and Gulliver is a cunning variation on the by then conventional themes of science fiction, one in which islands are substituted for planets.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“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

Egypt manager Hossam Hassan even had to speak out before the match to deny any fall out with Salah - after substituting him during the draw with Belgium.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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 monthly updating of its weightings—the relative importance of different sectors—the index also better reflects shifts in consumer behavior, such as substituting pricier options for lower-cost alternatives.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 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