substitutions

noun

plural of substitution
as in replacements

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Recent Examples of substitutions Each team is allowed five substitutions per match, plus an extra substitution if the match goes into extra time. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for substitutions
  1. replacements
  2. swaps
  3. exchanges
Noun
  • Amin Ventures would pay $3,000 to cut down the trees and plans to plant two replacements according to city records.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Records indicate neither the original employees in those positions nor their replacements relocated to Sacramento.
    — Tyler Horst, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of replacements
Noun
  • In 2008, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered about 94 percent of the West Bank with land swaps.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The spread on the social media giant's five-year credit default swaps reached all-time highs on Thursday, a signal of growing credit concerns from investors as the company leans deeper into its artificial intelligence spending plans.
    — CJ Haddad, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of swaps
Noun
  • Russia received 25 bodies of Russian soldiers, Russian lawmaker Shamsail Saraliyev, a member of a parliamentary coordination group overseeing the exchanges, told RBC news outlet.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Russia received 25 bodies of Russian soldiers, Russian lawmaker Shamsail Saraliyev, a member of a parliamentary coordination group overseeing the exchanges, told the RBC news outlet.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchanges

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