How to Use replacement in a Sentence

replacement

noun
  • Where can we get replacement parts for the tractor?
  • We need a replacement for our old vacuum cleaner.
  • Disk replacement is not a lot of fun.
    Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Use as a replacement for peat or seedling mix.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • No one thinks of glass as a replacement for bone.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The ones that will thrive are the ones that find the replacements.
    Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Rustling up a replacement wouldn’t be easy.
    Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The replacement costs added up fast.
    Karen Gilhooly, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Some even use it as a replacement for Slack.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • If a toilet seat is stained, go ahead and buy a replacement.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The same stain that plagued the old sink has appeared on its replacement.
    Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
  • But is the daytime rave a replacement for nightlife?
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Richards is not a like-for-like replacement for either.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
  • These schools may very well be training their own replacements.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
  • There was supposed to be a crew change, but the replacement crew hadn’t turned up.
    Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Gifford had a hip replacement, broke her arm, and got cataract surgery.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • Wicked, which has seen decades of replacements, has had time to learn these nuances.
    Katie North, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • There is no timetable to announce a replacement.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Bell said some patients wait six months for spine surgery and nine months for a joint replacement.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That very expensive replacement lock now sits in a box on the counter.
    Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Try to release with grace and know that the replacement will be better.
    Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2026
  • West did not name a preferred replacement.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • But, the glossy screen of a tablet is no replacement for legit paper.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
  • But one of them is the replacement of native plants with the non-native plants.
    Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But there was still no mention there of his replacement, Wang.
    David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • These are also a replacement for your key fob, so no need to weigh down your key chain with your old key.
    Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Whitmer will name her replacement before the end of the year.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2022
  • With Sams gone, the Pride will need to find a replacement on the field.
    Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Details of a search for a replacement have not been announced.
    David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Their replacement is both sleek and malleable for the seasons ahead.
    Shelby Ying Hyde, Refinery29, 4 Feb. 2026

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