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locum tenentes

noun

plural of locum tenens

as in substitutes

a person or thing that takes the place of another I'm just a locum tenens, so any major decisions should be deferred until your regular doctor returns from vacation

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Moreover, both sides are now able to target the substitutes and reserves that in the past could be used to cushion losses.

— Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026
To be sure, odds and gambling platforms do not use methodologies used by traditional political polling, and therefore are not substitutes for political polls.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

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Neither side has budged following Tusk’s surprise raid on the Constitutional Tribunal, through which his government ushered out the court’s president and vice president before installing ideologically sympathetic replacements.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Four candidates are competing for two open seats on the Roseville City Council Tuesday, with voters in the city’s 2nd and 4th districts choosing replacements for departing council members.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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