substitute

In a sentence

Six example sentences with substitute, each labelled with its topic.

• Ground almonds work as a substitute in this cake, though the crumb comes out denser than the flour version.

  Cooking

• The coach sent in a substitute with four minutes left, and the fresh legs pressured the ball into two turnovers.

  Basketball

• No cloud dashboard is a substitute for a colleague who has actually walked the factory floor at three in the morning.

  Technology

• When butter prices rise, margarine sells more, because shoppers treat it as a substitute rather than a different product.

  Economics

• The orchestra called a substitute for the oboist at noon, and she sight-read the concerto that evening.

  Music

• A substitute took the actor's place for the wide shots, and nobody watching the film has ever noticed.

  Movies

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains substitute. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

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