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replacement

[ri-plays-muhnt] / rɪˈpleɪs mənt /
NOUN
substitute
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The big question now centers on Wiles’ replacement.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

In this case, a trusted family member or friend can be enormously helpful for receiving the occasional piece of mail, replacement credit card or other documents that still must be sent the old-fashioned way.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Instead of relying solely on immune cells that may disappear relatively quickly, the progenitors could provide a continuing source of replacement cells from within the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

When a replacement finally arrived halfway through the year, he was an English teacher.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Turned out he was heading back to Montevideo, where he was from, and the guy who owned the building back then wanted him to find a replacement to manage the property.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Famously, his big break came when Roseanne Barr decided to fire all the writers on “Roseanne,” then the No. 1 show in the country; Lorre was hired as one of the replacements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

As the population ages, this toll will grow: The number of annual knee replacements in the U.S. is projected to climb from more than 700,000 today to as many as 1.3 million by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

They have got A-list replacements everywhere they look and, if they need a goal against Sunderland, I can see them bringing someone on to get them one.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Qatar gave the luxury Boeing 747 jet to the United States in 2025, after Trump complained about the ageing current presidential planes and delays to the delivery of their planned replacements.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

But there were also big overseas movements long before Columbus, and prehistoric replacements of non-European peoples by other non-European peoples.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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