Thesaurus results for PINCH HITTERS

pinch hitters

noun

plural of pinch hitter

as in substitutes

a person or thing that takes the place of another the business owners brought in a pinch hitter until a permanent manager could be hired

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Recent Examples of pinch hitters Aroldis Chapman issued a pair of walks to pinch hitters Max Schuemann and Amed Rosario in the ninth before securing his 13th save. — CBS News, 5 June 2026 Each hit a home run, making this the first time two American League pinch hitters hit home runs in the same game. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 Both entered the game as pinch hitters. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026 The club has five starting-caliber outfielders and can only play four at a time, and since four of those outfielders also bat left-handed, the Red Sox can’t even set up a platoon or effectively deploy pinch hitters late in game. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 Agnifilo, Kaplan and Geragos are joining Weinstein’s team as pinch hitters ahead of his next appearance in Manhattan Supreme Court on March 4, with a trial date still to be set for the outstanding third-degree rape charge concerning an alleged assault on aspiring actor Jessica Mann in 2013. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026 The Jays used four pinch hitters and defensive substitutions. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025 There’s also pressure on the bench because teammates, like pinch hitters, never know when they may be subbed in. — Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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Noun

In my West Palm Beach practice, cancer patients who need these skin substitutes instead have open head wounds.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
For 74 minutes, this game was goalless, but part of the joy of World Cups comes from substitutes actually making their mark.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of substitutes

Noun

After hearing from Californians, Hilton noted, CPUC had concluded that AT&T had not shown there were reliable replacements that could serve as a safety net for some communities.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
That might look like fewer knee replacements and bariatric surgeries or higher productivity and better wellness outcomes.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of replacements

Noun

The Illinois Tollway plans to reduce backups at the congested nexus by adding lanes to northbound and southbound I-355 in the Downers Grove area as well as ramp improvements.

— Marni Pike, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Personal data, such as photo archives, data backups and apps and games purchased through the Apple Store, do not leave their secure iOS containers with a snap of the fingers.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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