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
  • Months of haggling for replacements brought more frustration until July.
    — Larry Seward, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Their replacements had concerns over the use of surveillance cameras and opposed laws that barred repeat public drug users from certain areas in the city.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of replacements
Noun
  • In all, the researchers made 23 different swaps, putting a different amino acid into one of 10 key positions identified by their work with AlphaFold.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
  • No team has embraced the Rubik’s Cube nature of the three-team trade like the Rays, who have nudged their way into five of the past six three-way swaps.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of swaps
Noun
  • Wrexham were given something of a runaround in the opening exchanges before finally settling into a rhythm.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Keith Humphreys, a Stanford psychiatry and behavioral-sciences professor and a former adviser to President Obama, supports needle exchanges and opposes the widespread jailing of users.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of exchanges

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