substitute
Example Sentences
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Ministers communicating with each other by phone, by email, by WhatsApp - text exchanges a real time substitute for snatched verbal conversation.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Its importance as a thickener and stabilizer — with no real substitute — should make it a boon for Sudan, once responsible for up to 80% of the world’s supply.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
But when asked whether he wanted to be a substitute for Merz, he reportedly responded only that he was "not a good football player", without issuing a firm denial.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Pickle juice should be your go-to salt substitute.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Dickens would not say anything in two words if he could substitute two hundred.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing substitute
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