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substitution

NOUN
replacement
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Premier League teams are permitted to make one concussion replacement per match, which does not count towards their usual substitution limits.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The Waitress, a last-minute substitution at the banquet, is the mother of one of the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It also can measure the limits of releases from strategic petroleum reserves, spare production capacity, freight constraints and refinery substitution, he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

With the substitution exposed, Fox claimed the error was inadvertent.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

The Clue was a substitution cipher—Emily was sure.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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