How to Use substitution in a Sentence

substitution

noun
  • The coach made three substitutions in the second half of the game.
  • The cookbook has a long list of substitutions for ingredients that may be hard to find.
  • Substitution of applesauce for oil is one way of reducing the fat in recipes.
  • In terms of substitutions to milk, oat is the new kid on the block.
    — Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The Spurs opened the contest on a 20-12 run before the Heat made its first substitution of the game.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Ripping it to shreds and putting it in the garbage could be a good substitution.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The same can be said about some of the other substitutions.
    — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • When Miller jogged off the court for a substitution, one walked to the sideline and clapped his hands in Miller's face.
    — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The Catholic Church hasn’t weighed in on the debate over substitution meals.
    — Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ, 14 July 2021
  • At the time of the first substitution, Holiday stood at the free-throw line ready to cut his team’s deficit to 18-13.
    — Jay King, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • That was the only change until a mass substitution in the 60th minute.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2022
  • All the syrups for their New Orleans-style snoballs are made from scratch, and Boyd had to make a substitution.
    — Tessa Weinberg, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2017
  • Madrid are among the five teams in Europe’s top five leagues who have used all their substitutions the least.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In the third quarter, Stevens staggered those substitutions to keep one of them on the floor at all times.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Customers who prefer not to have the substitution can opt out, the chain said.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 7 June 2022
  • Davis stuck with his five starters in a substitution-free second half in which the Tar Heels shot 59% and scored 55 points.
    — Aaron Beard, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2022
  • At the half, head coach Jim Curtin made 11 substitutions, allowing a full set of fresh legs to take to the field.
    — Julia B. Poe, Philly.com, 15 July 2017
  • The game was already won long before any of the substitutions, of course.
    — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 11 June 2019
  • With the new look and some key substitutions, the Timbers turned things around in the second half and came back from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2.
    — OregonLive.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • There were safe passes and a trick play that caught Auburn in a substitution.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2019
  • The problem for the Rebels was that Auburn was making a late substitution.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Brown loves to be able to switch looks on the fly without having to run in mass substitutions to tip his hand.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2017
  • But that wasn’t the only change to the substitution pattern.
    — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The app allows for parents to see if their child got on and off the bus and learn about bus substitutions or delays.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Team USA have made one substitution as the second half kicks off.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Rhyme is substitution: something returns that is not quite the same, but that inhabits and holds open the place of the same.
    — Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
  • And luckily for us, the substitution has been around for quite some time.
    — Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • This year's World Cup is the first to allow coaches to make a fourth substitution in extra time.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
  • Somewhere on the fundamental level, the show’s team is missing the point and making up their own, which might not grate as much if the substitution weren’t so flimsy.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The Lakers played two games in Minnesota, one with a diminished Doncic and one without making a substitution in the second half, and had the same result.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025

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