substitute

The rapid improvement in artificial intelligence has also become a potential labor-saving substitute.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

By doing so, prosthe6 can effectively substitute for some of the function normally provided by missing photoreceptors.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

I asked him to meet me on the lakefront for a walk — a poor substitute for the Pacific air, but beautiful all the same.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

While I’d sooner take life advice from my golden retriever than a chatbot, my parents aligned with their contemporaries in treating Claude as a Google substitute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Since it looked like I might not be hired at Langley right away, I applied to become a substitute teacher at the Collis P. Huntington High School.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

In most cases, demographic reports have become substitutes for the harder work of investigating actual complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

In a world where influencers warn of spiked cortisol levels and disrupted circadian rhythms, plenty of consumers are turning to prebiotic sodas, sugar-free beverages, and refreshers as substitutes.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

All three were substitutes in the Champions League final.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The competitive threat posed by cheaper Chinese substitutes has once again assailed semiconductor stocks, leading to dramatic falls in some of the biggest memory chip makers in Asia on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

There are no more magazines, no more films, no more substitutes; only me and my shadow, walking away from the two men, who stand at attention, stiffly, by a roadblock, watching our retreating shapes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Ronaldo, 41, making his first start since the World Cup, left the pitch in frustration at half-time and was then substituted by manager Ange Postecoglou.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

I concluded Hemmings must have been substituted because of his performance, but Emery confirmed afterwards the plan was always for him to play just 45 minutes.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Its header, though, showed it came from his address, with IRS.GOV substituted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

He was substituted during the match with DR Congo, then used for one minute as England tried to salvage the match against Argentina.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

He substituted digits for words that would be used in messages.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

“Nostalgia is basically substituting what you feel now for what actually happened then, right? I have no nostalgia for childhood summers because nothing happened.”

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

For policymakers, AI is simultaneously substituting and complementing different parts of the same workflow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Back in 2005, when Roberts rhapsodized about Indiana farmland and an endless horizon punctuated only by silos and barns, he was substituting a humble, real-life Midwest upbringing for his own.

From Slate ● May 7, 2026

She met Rachmaninoff in 1934, after substituting for him in a concert.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Sander went on substituting for him in Hamlet, and I for Julia, but the two of us could not hope to fill all the roles both of them had been playing.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood