as in substituting
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 subbing
So, will Jacobs gamble and try to qualify in the Divisionals and section championships subbing one or two runners?
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Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI, this is Sharon Goldman subbing for Jeremy Kahn today.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Deploying some zone defense, Denver scraped by for five minutes, outscoring the Warriors by two before subbing Jokic and Watson back in together.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Five minutes after subbing on, Ratcliffe headed home the winner in the 83rd minute, with Mondésir providing her second assist of the game.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
With 56 seconds left and Dan Hurley waving the white flag after subbing in a wholesale five-for-five change, Ejiofor missed a block-out and Pitino charged on the floor to point at him.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026
The Olympic gold medalist, and one-third of the Triple Espresso from the Paris Games, entered the match against the Spirit in the 76th minute, subbing on for teammate Pietra Tordin.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Jesse Plemons, Martin Lawrence and subbing for Oprah Friday Night Lights was a game changer — both in narrative TV and Mikel’s career.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Reibe, subbing in after Reed picked up his third foul less than 20 seconds into the second half, scored a pair as the Huskies came out of the break on an 8-2 run and pushed their lead to 14.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI, this is Sharon Goldman subbing for Jeremy Kahn today.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Deploying some zone defense, Denver scraped by for five minutes, outscoring the Warriors by two before subbing Jokic and Watson back in together.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Five minutes after subbing on, Ratcliffe headed home the winner in the 83rd minute, with Mondésir providing her second assist of the game.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
With 56 seconds left and Dan Hurley waving the white flag after subbing in a wholesale five-for-five change, Ejiofor missed a block-out and Pitino charged on the floor to point at him.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026
The Olympic gold medalist, and one-third of the Triple Espresso from the Paris Games, entered the match against the Spirit in the 76th minute, subbing on for teammate Pietra Tordin.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Jesse Plemons, Martin Lawrence and subbing for Oprah Friday Night Lights was a game changer — both in narrative TV and Mikel’s career.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Reibe, subbing in after Reed picked up his third foul less than 20 seconds into the second half, scored a pair as the Huskies came out of the break on an 8-2 run and pushed their lead to 14.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subbing
substituting
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The problem of companies substituting hemp for marijuana dates to 2018, when Congress legalized hemp, a close cousin of marijuana that has only trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive compound that makes people high.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
15 May 2026
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The restaurant also has vegan versions of many of its most popular menu items, substituting meat for falafel and its aioli and tzatziki sauces with lemon-herb tahini dressing.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
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“Subbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subbing. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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