substitute
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Daniel Sturridge has two fewer substitute goals then Welbeck but has scored a slightly higher percentage of his overall Premier League tally as a sub - 22%.
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
In fact, when you take his total goal contributions of 24, he provided at a more prolific rate than every substitute in Premier League history - bar Edin Dzeko and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
They all wished they could have a substitute every day, instead of Miss Gunderson.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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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
Mundhe has enforced bans on using newspapers to wrap food, synthetic dyes and banned analogue paneer - non-dairy cottage cheese substitutes.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Many processed foods contain several forms of sugar and sugar substitutes at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
JPMorgan said the humanoids can be complements rather than substitutes for human labor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“The school board came up with the idea of using the high school teachers as substitutes at the schools for the younger students,” explained Mother.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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Ronaldo started that game but was substituted in the 67th minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They also substituted bamboo biochar for cement at concentrations of 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5%.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Kane started all seven of England's matches up to the semi-final and was substituted only twice - both times late on with the game already won.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The relationship between the Cameroon international and Lyon's ultras fractured further when he stormed down the tunnel and kicked a rubbish bin in frustration after being substituted during a 2-1 home defeat by Strasbourg.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Unfortunately, for the next two weeks beans have been substituted for oatmeal or groats.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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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
In drafting it, Thomas Jefferson chose not to include property as a natural right alongside life and liberty, substituting the less materialistic “pursuit of Happiness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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
In being man-made — by ingenious laboratory manipulation of the molecules, substituting atoms, altering their arrangement — they differ sharply from the simpler insecticides of prewar days.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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