substitute for
Example Sentences
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Not to mention the buffoonish symbolic acts that substitute for actual thought and policy: the Gulf of America, Lake America, New America, the 51st state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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
But he added: "Maybe he believes that statues and buildings and other things named for him will substitute for the kind of performance in office that makes you a memorable president."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Structurally—this somewhat rudimentary argument went—Marxism was a simple substitute for Christianity.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
