Thesaurus results for SUBBED

subbed

verb

past tense of sub

as in substituted

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed

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Recent Examples of subbed Acosta, who subbed on in the 87th minute for Eddi Tagseth, skipped a first-touch shot, off a free kick played by Mukhtar, inside the left post in the 90th and Qasem capped the scoring in the sixth minute of stoppage time. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Once Pratt reached first base for a single, Murphy subbed him out for a pinch runner. — Will Sammon, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Bishop Moore has also subbed out its junior quarterback, Blake McCullough. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 In 2002, drum tech John Douglas subbed in for Beard when the drummer underwent an emergency appendectomy. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 By the second round, a new set of male athletes had subbed in, but Kath and Marcy got to continue playing. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 Although not necessarily guaranteed a roster spot — with two-way spots eligible to be subbed out at any time — Donaldson’s solid play during summer league and the Heat’s lack of depth at point guard both work in his favor. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 The other was that on the last play of the scrimmage, when the team subbed in 6-year-old Asher Harvey, a Make-a-Wish kid who promptly took a handoff from Young and scored on the practice’s final play. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

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substituted

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Their starting lineup has also remained largely unchanged for two games, though David Larrubia did not start against Deportivo, but was substituted in.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Salah, who scored his first goals with his new club over the weekend, was substituted in the second half.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

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