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substitute

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






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Aside from one seven-minute substitute appearance in the 2024 Community Shield, Sancho spent the last two and-a-half years of his time at United playing elsewhere.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

But “I don’t think satellite is a substitute for the speed, reliability and capability of our assets that we’ve been investing in for decades,” he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Huawei is pitching stacking as a substitute for conventional chip advances rather than a complement to them because the key technology that would make it a complement is the one thing it can’t get.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

If they fail to do so, the substitute cannot enter the field for at least one minute and the team must continue with 10 players.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

He didn’t regard Collins as a father substitute, but as a friend, despite their thirty-year difference in ages.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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