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substitution

NOUN
replacement
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Or he can push for a rate cut to keep credit flowing and let high prices call forth new supply, substitution and efficiency.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Pedro Aznar, an economist at the Spanish business school Esade, also said Spain is profiting from a "substitution effect".

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The game's governing body supplied historical samples which, when retested, showed five instances of sample substitution involving Sharikadze and five other players, dating back to 2019.

From BBC • May 12, 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

Melies is widely credited with perfecting the substitution trick, which made it possible for th ings to appear and disappea r on screen, as if by magic.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick




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