as in replacement
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Noun
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With Kayla McBride turning 34 in June, Fudd would act as her future replacement long term and an instant deep-threat contributor right away.—
Matthew Coller,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026 -
Klassen, 24, was a last-minute rotation replacement when Ryan Johnson got sick.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Volunteers passing out food in the displacement camp gave her just enough formula for the next few days.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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At Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, a new production is using the stage to explore the impact of immigration and displacement.—
Ray Campos,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Rather than force a substitution that compromised quality—or lean more heavily on synthetics—the company began to reconsider its approach.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Recent economic research from Goldman Sachs found the substitution of AI for human labor has reduced monthly payroll growth by roughly 25,000, while AI’s augmentation of labor—the use of AI to enhance worker output—has actually added about 9,000 to monthly payroll growth.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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This could allow for greater design flexibility, as lower curing deformation results in fewer distortions during production.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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Among Trump’s most consequential legacies has been his deformation of the temperament and disposition of virtually the entire Republican Party.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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The band’s 2021 debut album, Pure, which caught the attention of Chicago’s Skin Graft Records, relied on harsh distortion and eccentric mixing in the trebly vein of Wavves or Times New Viking.—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
14 Apr. 2026
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Fixing the distortions that increasingly limit these benefits to the rich — and pressure middle-class families to accept ever-rising demands on their time and wallets — should be a priority for policymakers.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ouroboros-like, Erdrich is in continual, self-devouring motion and thus presents a kind of constancy of transmutation — identity itself becomes a variable in the endless calculation of renewal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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If that writer is hailed as a once-in-a-generation voice, the reputation will undergo transmutations.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The history of religion, with its thousands of schisms and reformations, is full of pilgrims who, rather than discard their relationship with their sacred text, have found purpose, clarity, and community through defiance.—
Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Call it a hush puppy reformation, and the results are heavenly: crisp orbs with a surge of rich corn flavor and just a hint of jalapeño heat.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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Friedman wrote that the revision was still unconstitutionally vague.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
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The department said the downward revision came primarily to lower investment than previously indicated.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Supplantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplantation. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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