substituted

verb

past tense of substitute
1
as in exchanged
to give up (something) and take something else in return can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?

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2
as in spelled
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation

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3
as in replaced
to take the place of "John Doe," "Jane Doe," and "Baby Doe" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy

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Recent Examples of substituted Alaves' Ángel Pérez was reprimanded by coach Quique Sánchez Flores after being substituted and punching the bench several times. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 Kane scored twice, his first goal a penalty, in the first half of that 4-2 defeat in Arlington before Vuskovic was substituted after 66 minutes of his sixth senior outing for his country. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026 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 Director Lileana Blain-Cruz is now substituted for Buena Vista Social Club director Saheem Ali and Pulitzer Prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, originally the book writer, is replaced by Peter Duchan (Dogfight). — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 July 2026 If entry-level consultants, lawyers, and financial analysts were being systematically substituted out at the pace Amodei described to 60 Minutes in November 2025, McCrory’s occupation-level unemployment data should already show some divergence. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026 The group figured Smith’s admission date had to have been entered in error; a clerk must have substituted his birth date by mistake. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026 Ferran Torres, who had just substituted in, had a great header after a cross from Yamal in the 66th minute, but Martínez was right there once more. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 Bellingham was substituted into the match in the 79th minute. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for substituted
  1. exchanged
  2. spelled
  3. replaced
  4. swapped
  5. covered
  6. superseded
  7. traded
  8. stood in
Verb
  • What matters then is the rate at which one is exchanged for the other, and that rate is set by architecture.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Despite letters being exchanged virtually, the pace was glacial.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exchanged
Verb
  • In 2019, his great-nephews Albert and Lawrence Lewitinn (their surnames are spelled differently than the artist’s) inherited about 1,000 of the artist’s works.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Kenneth Walker stayed in for all of one snap, before he was immediately spelled by Brashard Smith, who carried eight times for 21 yards.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of spelled
Verb
  • He was replaced before the fifth inning by righty Mason Black.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That was because the player being replaced — match-winner Will Lankshear — took more than 10 seconds to depart while applauding the supporters.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of replaced
Verb
  • Palace also swapped winger Brennan Johnson for Everton forward Dwight McNeil, who is an option to start against them at Hill Dickinson Stadium in the clubs’ August 22 opener.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Their friends were amazed by their likeness, and ⁠the girls swapped addresses.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of swapped
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  • Others munched on popcorn and hot dogs covered with sweet corn relish and corn-bacon jam in anticipation of the game.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Insurance coverage for the new vaccine In the absence of a recommendation from the CDC’s vaccine advisers, there also remains uncertainty around whether Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine will be covered by insurance.
    — Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of covered
Verb
  • Artificial Intelligence will require more memory than the iPhone 17 offers, and it will be rapidly superseded, likely by April, with the iPhone 18 launch.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Rather than implementing the judgment, the city argued the parties’ new collective bargaining agreement superseded parts of the arbitration award because it was negotiated after the arbitrator issued his decision.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of superseded
Verb
  • Phoenix guard Kelsey Plum did not play against the team that traded her a little over a week ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III are both just 22 years old, and should be able to step into larger roles within the offense with DJ Moore traded to Buffalo.
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of traded
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  • At Saturday night’s D23 Parks Panel, Chairman of Disney Experiences Thomas Mazloum stood in front of God and all his creations and vowed that Disney’s Animal Kingdom would be fixing the Yeti on Expedition Everest.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
  • An OnlyFans model accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death inside a luxury Miami high-rise stood in front of a judge Monday morning and pleaded guilty.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stood in

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