Thesaurus results for PINCH HITTERS

pinch hitters

noun

plural of pinch hitter

as in substitutes

a person or thing that takes the place of another the business owners brought in a pinch hitter until a permanent manager could be hired

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Recent Examples of pinch hitters Managers call upon pinch hitters to substitute for batters and to increase the chances of getting a hit. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026 But through the course of 162 games, Venable pushed countless buttons and pulled endless levers for a team that used an opener a league-high 31 times and turned to pinch hitters more than all but one other club. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Aroldis Chapman issued a pair of walks to pinch hitters Max Schuemann and Amed Rosario in the ninth before securing his 13th save. — CBS News, 5 June 2026 Each hit a home run, making this the first time two American League pinch hitters hit home runs in the same game. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 Both entered the game as pinch hitters. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026 The club has five starting-caliber outfielders and can only play four at a time, and since four of those outfielders also bat left-handed, the Red Sox can’t even set up a platoon or effectively deploy pinch hitters late in game. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 Agnifilo, Kaplan and Geragos are joining Weinstein’s team as pinch hitters ahead of his next appearance in Manhattan Supreme Court on March 4, with a trial date still to be set for the outstanding third-degree rape charge concerning an alleged assault on aspiring actor Jessica Mann in 2013. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026 There’s also pressure on the bench because teammates, like pinch hitters, never know when they may be subbed in. — Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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Liverpool coach Andoni Iraola dropped Virgil van Dijk to the substitutes’ bench with French defender Jérémy Jacquet starting.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Some consumers searched for substitutes, and ethanol was an answer then.

— Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of substitutes

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Bombas Return Policy Bombas’ Happiness Guarantee covers free returns, exchanges, and replacements—including free shipping.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2026
When a code set changes underneath a policy, somebody has to map which of 10 replacements carries the standing the original had, and by default, that is nobody’s job.

— JP Montoya, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of replacements

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No other quarterback this season has more than four TD passes without a turnover with backups Drew Lock and Marcus Mariota pulling that off.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
The Chargers started four rookies on the offensive line, three of whom are backups.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of backups

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