as in replacement
a person or thing that takes the place of another
you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips
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Recent Examples of designated hitter
Twins designated hitter Royce Lewis hit a shallow dribbler toward the mound.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
With the score tied 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Tigers designated hitter Kerry Carpenter crushed a high fastball off of Liam Hendriks deep to right-center field.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Chicago Cubs designated hitter Justin Turner, a 17-year veteran, said hitters identify those pitches three ways.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 15 May 2025
In the first inning, Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe robbed Rays designated hitter Yandy Diaz of a potential home run.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2025
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
With the score tied 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Tigers designated hitter Kerry Carpenter crushed a high fastball off of Liam Hendriks deep to right-center field.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Chicago Cubs designated hitter Justin Turner, a 17-year veteran, said hitters identify those pitches three ways.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 15 May 2025
In the first inning, Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe robbed Rays designated hitter Yandy Diaz of a potential home run.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for designated hitter
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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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Todibo made his debut in August’s opening-weekend home loss against Aston Villa as a late substitute but West Ham’s then head coach Julen Lopetegui only introduced him to the starting XI gradually.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Elijah Manley, a 26-year-old Florida substitute history teacher, announced a primary challenge against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL).—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2025
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“Designated hitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designated%20hitter. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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