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Recent Examples of substitution
Mislabeling and ingredient substitution endanger consumers and erode public trust in emerging psychedelic therapies.
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Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
One drawback to making this substitution is price.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Our communication and substitution were not up to par.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
But the return of Manu Garcia and a slew of attack-minded substitutions couldn’t get Sporting an equalizer.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
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Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
One drawback to making this substitution is price.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Our communication and substitution were not up to par.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
But the return of Manu Garcia and a slew of attack-minded substitutions couldn’t get Sporting an equalizer.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for substitution
Noun
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Dave Brubeck, already an accomplished jazz pianist, serving in a military band at a Riverside, California, base, was reassigned, trained, then shipped overseas as a replacement infantry rifleman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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The buckets are used as a replacement for the standard cardboard Happy Meal box and can double as a candy pail to use for trick-or-treating on Halloween.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Islamabad — Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have flared in recent days with the exchange of deadly gunfire between the neighbors that has stoked fears of a wider conflict.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Yossi's brother, Eli Sharabi, was also kidnapped during the attacks and was later released in a hostages-for-prisoners exchange deal.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Substitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substitution. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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