- present tense form of substitute (3rd person singular).
- plural of substitute.
substitutes
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Right-back continues to be the main worry for Pocognoli, with Celtic's Colby Donovan the one regular starter and with Aaron Hickey and Nathan Patterson used mainly as substitutes for Brentford and Torino, respectively.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
There are close to a dozen startups working on lab-grown chocolate and chocolate-flavored substitutes, in the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Sorbitol belongs to a category of sweeteners called sugar alcohols, which provide sweetness and are commonly used as sugar substitutes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
To investigate whether sugar substitutes might be connected to cognitive health, researchers analyzed data from 12,772 adults across Brazil.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
As with so many other things, time is the key factor—speed in discovering the deficiency, and speed in administering hormonal substitutes.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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