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substitution

NOUN
replacement
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The bank expects resilient demand and cash flow across the sector, supported by stimulus safeguarding local supply chains and acceleration of import substitution, to partially offset prolonged volatility risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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

Slower hiring might reflect substitution toward technology rather than demand increasing less rapidly.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

In a substitution cipher, each letter of the message you want to send is swapped out for a different letter.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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