replace
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“Money doesn’t replace that, those memories, you know?”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The board brought him in for the job after a failed external search to replace Ken Lewis, who resigned under fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Because compound 10 acts through a different biological pathway, the researchers believe it could potentially complement existing treatments rather than replace them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The USS George Washington, the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is being pulled from the western Pacific and sent toward the Middle East to replace the Lincoln.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The word Breakfast would replace it in an hour.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
I had a relatively smooth experience, but still found a hodgepodge of policies and procedures with the new system, which replaces the booths-and-passport-stamp system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And one in five Americans believes Social Security is all that’s necessary, even though it replaces only 40% of the average worker’s wages when retiring at age 65.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
An arborist tends to it every two weeks and the spa replaces 300 to 400 pots every three months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He replaces Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the Israeli military in Gaza in October 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Who’s is short for who is, and the apostrophe replaces the missing i in is.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
A community garden has replaced a drug market, a library stands where an unofficial dumping ground once accumulated milk crates, and formerly deserted blocks now have families moving in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
However, through this week high pressure will be replaced by the influence of low pressure and more unsettled conditions.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
During Wright’s tenure, El Camino Real has replaced the football, boys and girls basketball coaches, the tennis coach and the athletic director.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
"That ship is moving right now or very shortly and it's being replaced with another very similar ship," Trump said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Dad’s replaced her version of me with the version he wants her to see.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Put bluntly, you’d be replacing income with debt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
From the air, neighborhoods in Cali appeared flattened, with piles of grey rubble replacing entire blocks of homes and apartment buildings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Beard joined ZZ Top in 1969, soon after the band formed, replacing founding drummer Dan Mitchell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
UK ministers say replacing and upgrading decades-old infrastructure is vital for distributing renewable power and improving energy security.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
First and most directly, domestic animals became the societies’ major source of animal protein, replacing wild game.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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