Thesaurus results for PINCH-HITS

pinch-hits

verb

present tense third-person singular of pinch-hit

as in substitutes

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester

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Recent Examples of pinch-hits Eighteen players have at least 100 pinch-hits in their career. — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024

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Then, with one click of a Copy button, the website quietly substitutes a command that could put your Mac at risk.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
This approach substitutes information for sensation, and reduces both human and supra-human experiences to the level of data.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

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That spells greater risk for companies selling into global markets.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
And with audiences giving Digger a C on the exit poll Cinemascore (for which anything below a B usually spells disaster), word of mouth will only further curtail its prospects of striking box-office gold.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

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