put in its place
Example Sentences
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What’s been put in its place is unsustainable.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Acuña was allowed to remove the base to save for posterity, while another was put in its place on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
On Friday, the sign at the ministry was removed, and a sign for the ministry of virtue and vice put in its place.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2021
At Duke University, president Vincent E. Price removed a statue of Robert E. Lee from the campus' chapel; nothing was put in its place.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2020
The old restrooms were still there, but the toilet had been ripped out of one and a bathtub put in its place.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
