substitutions

noun

plural of substitution
as in replacements

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Recent Examples of substitutions Each team is allowed five substitutions per match, plus an extra substitution if the match goes into extra time. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for substitutions
  1. replacements
  2. swaps
  3. exchanges
Noun
  • With injuries putting several players’ Week 1 status in question, will the team travel with the entire practice squad to Australia as potential replacements if needed?
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The study affirms the safety of joint replacements, which give millions around the world a new lease on life each year.
    — Mike McRae August 31, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of replacements
Noun
  • Oil can be bought and sold through futures, options, swaps, forward arrangements and physical-market transactions.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The 9th Circuit ruling conflicts with a 3rd Circuit decision against New Jersey, which found that sports wagers on prediction markets are swaps.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of swaps
Noun
  • Leshy noted that land exchanges involving the Park Service are quite rare.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, the exchange integrated Polymarket Builder, a tool that lets exchanges and apps offer Polymarket’s existing prediction markets within their own products.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of exchanges

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“Substitutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substitutions. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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