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Recent Examples of substitution
The options are limited in that sense—the five lunches for the week are the five lunches for the week, and there are no substitutions allowed.
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2025
The ’80s also witnessed a shuffling of drummers and the plugging in of Stevie Young as a temporary tour substitution for his uncle, co-founding guitarist Malcolm Young, who checked into rehab.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Fans in the away end were clambering over each other to sing their anthem about travelling to the Basque country, growing loud on loop in the second half as the game drifted, while Ruben Amorim made his selections and substitutions with the showpiece occasion on Wednesday in mind.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
On Sunday, Howe seemed fairly relaxed on the situation, but having to consider a substitution so soon after an injury return, given a similar thing happened earlier in the season, is frustrating.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2025
The ’80s also witnessed a shuffling of drummers and the plugging in of Stevie Young as a temporary tour substitution for his uncle, co-founding guitarist Malcolm Young, who checked into rehab.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Fans in the away end were clambering over each other to sing their anthem about travelling to the Basque country, growing loud on loop in the second half as the game drifted, while Ruben Amorim made his selections and substitutions with the showpiece occasion on Wednesday in mind.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
On Sunday, Howe seemed fairly relaxed on the situation, but having to consider a substitution so soon after an injury return, given a similar thing happened earlier in the season, is frustrating.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for substitution
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However, there are free, open source alternatives like LibreOffice, Darktable (Adobe Lightroom replacement), and GIMP (Adobe Photoshop replacement).—
Luke Larsen,
Wired News,
15 June 2025
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The estate provides vine cuttings to a nursery in the Savoie, which creates massal (rather than clonal) replacement vines for them.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Details of the negotiations were not released, but reports suggested the discussions largely focused on limiting Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanction relief.—
Caitlin McFall , Greg Wehner , Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2025
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The Red Sox and Twins made a late-night trade on Wednesday to bring struggling right-handed reliever Jorge Alcala to Boston in exchange for minor league third baseman Andy Lugo.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 June 2025
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“Substitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substitution. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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