How to Use substitution in a Sentence

substitution

noun
  • The coach made three substitutions in the second half of the game.
  • The cookbook has a long list of substitutions for ingredients that may be hard to find.
  • Substitution of applesauce for oil is one way of reducing the fat in recipes.
  • In terms of substitutions to milk, oat is the new kid on the block.
    — Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The Spurs opened the contest on a 20-12 run before the Heat made its first substitution of the game.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Ripping it to shreds and putting it in the garbage could be a good substitution.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
  • When Miller jogged off the court for a substitution, one walked to the sideline and clapped his hands in Miller's face.
    — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The Catholic Church hasn’t weighed in on the debate over substitution meals.
    — Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ, 14 July 2021
  • At the time of the first substitution, Holiday stood at the free-throw line ready to cut his team’s deficit to 18-13.
    — Jay King, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • That was the only change until a mass substitution in the 60th minute.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2022
  • In the third quarter, Stevens staggered those substitutions to keep one of them on the floor at all times.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Customers who prefer not to have the substitution can opt out, the chain said.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 7 June 2022
  • Davis stuck with his five starters in a substitution-free second half in which the Tar Heels shot 59% and scored 55 points.
    — Aaron Beard, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The game was already won long before any of the substitutions, of course.
    — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 11 June 2019
  • With the new look and some key substitutions, the Timbers turned things around in the second half and came back from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2.
    — OregonLive.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • There were safe passes and a trick play that caught Auburn in a substitution.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2019
  • The problem for the Rebels was that Auburn was making a late substitution.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 3 Nov. 2019
  • The app allows for parents to see if their child got on and off the bus and learn about bus substitutions or delays.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Team USA have made one substitution as the second half kicks off.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Rhyme is substitution: something returns that is not quite the same, but that inhabits and holds open the place of the same.
    — Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
  • And luckily for us, the substitution has been around for quite some time.
    — Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • This year's World Cup is the first to allow coaches to make a fourth substitution in extra time.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
  • The Italian's knack for a substitution was there for all the see following the equaliser.
    — SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • While most of the 50 or so vendors attend event week, some substitutions are made.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2023
  • The only difference lay in the substitution of the Clayton Act for the Sherman Act as lethal weapon.
    — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Semedo, meanwhile, was forced off late in the game, by which point coach Ernesto Valverde had made all three of his substitutions.
    — SI.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • As soon as both fields are filled out, your substitution gets added to the top of the list, where it can be edited or deleted as required.
    — David Nield, Wired, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Liam Rindt, a second-half substitution for the Mustangs, scored on a header following a cross to tie the game in the 43rd minute.
    — Ramon Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
  • The final substitution came in the 81st minute when David Martinez went in for Allende, ensuring that Messi would not get in the game.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
  • According to the report, the substitutions included a driver, 5-wood, 3-wood and 3-iron.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025

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