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Noun
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Honorees who advanced to the Super Bowl were replaced by alternates (Trubisky was Jared Goff’s alternate in 2018-19) and the exhibition no longer was held in Aloha Stadium each year.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Watch young John Early, Kate Berlant, and Cole Escola re-create a scene from the film in intricate detail and see camp interpretation at its finest — comedians using Showgirls’s eccentricities to unearth something delicious.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Increasingly, Fuentes is in conversation with the class of comedians and podcasters, including Shane Gillis and Theo Von, who broke through establishment doors with Netflix and Spotify deals.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Once that trio had run themselves into the ground, substitutes Moore, Josh Windass and Nathan Broadhead took over to keep the pressure on.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Young Man in a Hurry substitutes status anxiety for race.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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The replacements – marbles, the honeycomb candy carving game, the ddakji tile-flipping game – were chosen because any viewer anywhere could understand them within seconds.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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Users can get free replacements from Insulet.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At the plate, 29-year-old Jarren Duran racks up doubles, triples and steals.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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James contributed four hits, including two doubles, and Miles had a home run and three RBIs.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Local stand-ins for Western platforms—Digikala for Amazon, Café Bazaar for Google Play, Aparat for YouTube—had turned sanctions into a kind of DIY advantage.—
Indrani Sen,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Sugar substitutes are marketed as a healthier alternative to regular sugar, stand-ins that will offer the same sweet taste but won’t pose the same threat to your weight or dental health.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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From that point, the cycle of roaming from beach to pool to spa to catamaran to tennis courts takes over, moving at the speed set entirely by you, the guest.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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And also on Untucked… • Alyssa pretty much just takes over Untucked, as is her right.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By default, backups in the Schedule tab are set to occur continuously.—
Justin Pot,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even a couple of our backups were in and out with injuries.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
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