substitution
Example Sentences
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For many, pets are a form of social substitution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Or he can push for a rate cut to keep credit flowing and let high prices call forth new supply, substitution and efficiency.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Recessions are generally characterized, in the first instance, by the substitution of a sudden, sharp, upward movement in the unemployment rate for a gradual downward or sideways movement.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
With the substitution exposed, Fox claimed the error was inadvertent.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026
The “unbreakable” Pletts Cryptograph relied in part on keyword ciphers, a type of substitution cipher.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing substitution
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