Example Sentences

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Since early last week, fill-in hosts have been substituting for O’Kelly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Hospitals have been substituting pills for IV-administered drugs when possible, changing dosing schedules or injecting drugs directly into a vein, what’s called I.V. push.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2018

We have been substituting the sample variances just as we did when testing hypotheses for a single mean.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017