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Simple Skin-Care Routines Sometimes, there's no substitution for what has always worked.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
While the game is held up, Arsenal make a double substitution, replacing Viktor Gyokeres and Martinelli with Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
What the investment bank found was 150 stocks with a market cap above $1 billion that face potential AI risks such as asset repricing, demand substitution, labor substitution, moat decay and pricing pressure.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Prize is not transferable, and no substitution may be made, except by CBS who reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value if the prize or portion of the prize is not available for any reason as determined by the CBS in its sole discretion.
—Cbs News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
While the game is held up, Arsenal make a double substitution, replacing Viktor Gyokeres and Martinelli with Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
What the investment bank found was 150 stocks with a market cap above $1 billion that face potential AI risks such as asset repricing, demand substitution, labor substitution, moat decay and pricing pressure.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Prize is not transferable, and no substitution may be made, except by CBS who reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value if the prize or portion of the prize is not available for any reason as determined by the CBS in its sole discretion.
—Cbs News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for substitution
Noun
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Built by L3Harris, it’s funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and potential replacement technology for GPS.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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The project also includes improvements to five intersections and replacement of the Morrison Creek Bridge.—
Madison Smalstig,
Sacbee.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Missile exchanges have jarred with the spirit of the holidays underway across the region.—
Siham Shamalakh,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Eighteen months later, she was released in a prisoner of war (POW) exchange.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Substitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substitution. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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