as in substituted
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only
the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed
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Recent Examples of subbed
The Czech Republic midfielder played as a lone striker until Niclas Fullkrug, who joined Milan on loan this month, was subbed on 22 minutes later.
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Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Fans claim that instead of those offerings, the park subbed in standard fries.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Wing Josh Minott, who’s appeared in just three games since late December, also subbed in late.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
James was subbed off midway through the fourth as the rout continued.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
But Ware was subbed in when Adebayo went to the bench for his second rest of the night in the second quarter.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead, former Texas big man Jamie Vinson was subbed in and provided a spark with four points, one rebound and one block.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
Case subbed for Self on Monday’s Hawk Talk show.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
Oden subbed out for the remainder of the second OT but returned to the floor for the start of the third, eliciting the frantic reaction from Rice.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Fans claim that instead of those offerings, the park subbed in standard fries.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Wing Josh Minott, who’s appeared in just three games since late December, also subbed in late.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
James was subbed off midway through the fourth as the rout continued.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
But Ware was subbed in when Adebayo went to the bench for his second rest of the night in the second quarter.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead, former Texas big man Jamie Vinson was subbed in and provided a spark with four points, one rebound and one block.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
Case subbed for Self on Monday’s Hawk Talk show.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
Oden subbed out for the remainder of the second OT but returned to the floor for the start of the third, eliciting the frantic reaction from Rice.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subbed
substituted
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Hurzeler also substituted Jan Paul van Hecke after 61 minutes of the Dutch central defender’s return from a hamstring injury which ruled him out of Sunday’s 1-0 home defeat by Crystal Palace.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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They've been substituted for equivalent store or name brands when necessary.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Subbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subbed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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