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substitute

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






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Ministers communicating with each other by phone, by email, by WhatsApp - text exchanges a real time substitute for snatched verbal conversation.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 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

AI has collapsed the cost of building, making it possible to choose precision over a generic substitute.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Its importance as a thickener and stabilizer — with no real substitute — should make it a boon for Sudan, once responsible for up to 80% of the world’s supply.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

At last in despair he went back to his house and there he found a substitute.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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