substitute
noun
a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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And the chauffeur was a favorite with the deputy for whom I am substituting.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Harry Bates