Thesaurus results for PINCH-HITS

pinch-hits

verb

present tense third-person singular of pinch-hit

as in substitutes

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester

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Recent Examples of pinch-hits Eighteen players have at least 100 pinch-hits in their career. — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024

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This approach substitutes information for sensation, and reduces both human and supra-human experiences to the level of data.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
So Tuchel, who always substitutes his wingers after roughly an hour, decided to withdraw Gordon and bring on an extra defender, Ezri Konsa.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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Whether the evidence spells the end of peewee football remains up in the air.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Your relationship with Brian Duffield, who also spells his first name correctly, is largely built around sharing memes together.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

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