Example Sentences

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The lawsuit further argues that Starbucks, which uses 2% cow's milk in most of its coffee-based beverages, will substitute whole milk, half-and-half, or fat-free skim milk for free.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2024

We will substitute the expression in place of y in the first equation.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

“If at the end of these 18 months, they have not fulfilled their responsibility, the state will substitute itself in their place to do this, within the framework of the investment plan I’ve decided.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2017

“Nothing we can do here will substitute for that loss,” she said from her basement office in the West Wing.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2016

If you will substitute for the arbitrariness of the interpreter, his skill, his experience, his comprehension, I agree with you.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund