as in substituting
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only
the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed
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Recent Examples of subbing
Swanson is a healthy player, Counsell said, and the manager wound up subbing him in as the automatic runner at second base for Saturday’s 10th inning against the San Francisco Giants.
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Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 June 2026
The 23-year-old Cleary notched his first assist, starting for the first time after subbing into the match last time out in his debut.
—ABC News, 23 May 2026
So, will Jacobs gamble and try to qualify in the Divisionals and section championships subbing one or two runners?
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI, this is Sharon Goldman subbing for Jeremy Kahn today.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Deploying some zone defense, Denver scraped by for five minutes, outscoring the Warriors by two before subbing Jokic and Watson back in together.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
With 56 seconds left and Dan Hurley waving the white flag after subbing in a wholesale five-for-five change, Ejiofor missed a block-out and Pitino charged on the floor to point at him.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026
No pressure, just subbing for one of the world’s most famous women.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Reibe, subbing in after Reed picked up his third foul less than 20 seconds into the second half, scored a pair as the Huskies came out of the break on an 8-2 run and pushed their lead to 14.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 June 2026
The 23-year-old Cleary notched his first assist, starting for the first time after subbing into the match last time out in his debut.
—ABC News, 23 May 2026
So, will Jacobs gamble and try to qualify in the Divisionals and section championships subbing one or two runners?
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI, this is Sharon Goldman subbing for Jeremy Kahn today.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Deploying some zone defense, Denver scraped by for five minutes, outscoring the Warriors by two before subbing Jokic and Watson back in together.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
With 56 seconds left and Dan Hurley waving the white flag after subbing in a wholesale five-for-five change, Ejiofor missed a block-out and Pitino charged on the floor to point at him.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026
No pressure, just subbing for one of the world’s most famous women.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Reibe, subbing in after Reed picked up his third foul less than 20 seconds into the second half, scored a pair as the Huskies came out of the break on an 8-2 run and pushed their lead to 14.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subbing
substituting
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Finally, try substituting egg yolks instead of using the whole egg listed in the ingredients of your box brownie mix.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
1 June 2026
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The amounts are so small that adding or substituting Himalayan salt for regular salt will have no nutritional impact.—
Sheah Rarback,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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“Subbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subbing. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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