Thesaurus results for SUBBING

subbing

verb

present participle of sub

as in substituting

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed

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Recent Examples of subbing After subbing on for Racing, Makenna Morris made an immediate impact. — Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Cameron Harper scored late in the second half after subbing in a minute earlier and the New York Red Bulls rallied for a 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire on Saturday night. — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 But when the Red Sox came out on defense in the bottom of the third Nick Sogard took Contreras’ place at first base, with Anthony Seigler subbing in at second base. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026 Good morning, Alexei Oreskovic here today, subbing in for Andrew. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Less than a minute after subbing on for 22-year-old Sarah Schupansky, Gotham goalkeeper and former Chelsea teammate Ann-Katrin Berger’s long ball reached Kerr. — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 16 July 2026 The Midnight riff comes to us from Sam Ross, then of the legendary Milk & Honey, and turns the classic into a sour, bringing lemon juice to tart up the old Stinger profile but subbing bourbon for Cognac and Fernet Branca for the mint liqueur. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 July 2026 Edin Džeko, Bosnia’s 40-year-old striker and all-time leading scorer, made his first start of this World Cup after subbing in their last two games; Džeko was among three Bosnians rotated out six minutes after halftime. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Nicolás Paz, who made his World Cup debut subbing in for Messi late in the 3-0 win over Algeria in the opener, made his first start in his spot this time. — ABC News, 27 June 2026

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substituting

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His character Ned Schneebly was supposed to be substituting — until Dewey impersonated him and stepped in.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Like the Republican critics of resistance politics, progressive ones depicted it as substituting legal tactics for electoral victories.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

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