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Recent Examples of substitution
Consumers may consider other substitutions like trying bourbon from Kentucky instead of scotch from Scotland, which could increase in price due to tariffs, Swanson said.
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 May 2025
The change to the starting lineup led to a fast start on Wednesday, as the Heat began the game on a 16-10 run before making its first substitution of the night.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
When the United States raised interest rates in the late 1970s, Latin America’s system of import substitution industrialization imploded.
—Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
For context, coaches typically go straight from their pregame news conference to the TV meeting, meaning Redick was likely already riled-up from the question about his substitutions.
—Jovan Buha, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 May 2025
The change to the starting lineup led to a fast start on Wednesday, as the Heat began the game on a 16-10 run before making its first substitution of the night.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
When the United States raised interest rates in the late 1970s, Latin America’s system of import substitution industrialization imploded.
—Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
For context, coaches typically go straight from their pregame news conference to the TV meeting, meaning Redick was likely already riled-up from the question about his substitutions.
—Jovan Buha, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for substitution
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Amazon If Dad's water bottle is gross or dented, consider this replacement.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
3 June 2025
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Super 8 is planning a full roof replacement, a new front entrance with automatic double doors and the implementation of PTAC heaters and coolers in all of the hotel’s 80 rooms, which will cost $195,000.—
Erin Yarnall,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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On Thursday, Lurie announced on social media that cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is opening an office in San Francisco after leaving the city four years ago.—
Wendy Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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The very principle of financialization rules even the most mundane exchange of objects in the same manner that the most banal exchange of economic investment and speculation regulates the sign of spiritual autonomy and utopian aspirations that abstraction had initially promised.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Substitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substitution. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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