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 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 Just like your coach in middle school would do if a player turned the ball over in practice, Mafah was subbed out. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026 Watkins was subbed out but returned to the exhibition game and wound up playing nearly 20 minutes. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 30 July 2026 The Pride would finally find their breakthrough in the 88th minute thanks to Doyle, who subbed in for Marta. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026 Jackson Yueill subbed into the match in the 59th before snagging his first assist of the season. — ABC News, 25 July 2026 Like those battles, some top players are expected to sit or get subbed out over the course of the match. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 18 July 2026 The former Iowa standout hobbled back on defense and was subbed out for the rest of the first half shortly after. — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 16 July 2026 Shortly after scoring the goal, Tuchel subbed out attacker Leroy Sané for slow, but able defender Kim Min-jae in an effort to protect the lead. — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

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substituted

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After all, the head of Medusa can be turned around and then worn like a mask; the evil eye can be substituted for one’s own.

— Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
Jones wasn’t happy that Szoboszlai gave it to Kostas Tsimikas rather than him when he was substituted in the second half.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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