Thesaurus results for REPLACEMENTS

replacements

noun

plural of replacement

as in substitutes

a person or thing that takes the place of another seeing that the starting quarterback was unable to play, the coach immediately called in his replacement

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Recent Examples of replacements Non-stars say the number of jobs has plummeted and that they are being tricked into training their replacements. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Compare service call fees, per-claim caps and annual aggregate limits to the cost of repairs and replacements in your area. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Palmeiras winger Allan Elias is closing in on a move as the club look for replacements for Savinho and Omar Marmoush, the duo heading to Spurs. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 In the past, some users have reported quick response times and free hardware replacements, while others have complained of waiting days to resolve their issues. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026 Since the dawn of the space age, spacecraft have been treated as disposable because salvaging them was too expensive—or too technically challenging—compared with the easier, cheaper task of launching fresh replacements. — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026 SpaceX would like to eliminate tile replacements, and even detailed inspections, to turn around its future fleet of Starships multiple times per day. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 According to the commission, the average rolling resistance of tires first put on a vehicle is lower than that of tires often selected as replacements. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The company didn’t say why, but others’ analyses suggest the reasons could include regulatory concerns, including the need for environmental permits, as well as a desire for faster upgrades and replacements for the computer equipment inside. — Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

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substitutes

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Only Anthropic knows for sure how often users rely on Claude to generate substitutes for musicians’ songs, the lawsuit said.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Europe Is Building Two Digital Money Models The digital euro and EURR should not necessarily be viewed as direct substitutes.

— Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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