Thesaurus results for SUBSTITUTION

substitution

noun

as in replacement

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Recent Examples of substitution The occupations most exposed to AI substitution, where most core tasks can be readily automated, like information clerks, secretaries, and sales representatives, were already experiencing some of the worst labor shortages at the time, according to Peng and Walker. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026 Not the offsides rule or the substitution windows, but the fundamentals. —

Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 18 May 2026 Zanovelli gave Neymar a yellow card for refusing to accept the substitution. —

ABC News, 17 May 2026 There does seem to be this illusion that encountering the world through the Internet and social media is a sufficient substitution for actually going somewhere. —

Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for substitution

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Noun

Evacuated voters who do not have their vote-by-mail ballot can request a replacement at any of the remaining 38 vote centers that will open Saturday as scheduled.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 24 May 2026
If Muncy is going to be out of action for at least some time, the Dodgers have a replacement on the way.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 May 2026