The phrase "a fitting replacement" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing an alternative that is suitable or appropriate for something that is being replaced.
Example: "After the old printer broke down, we found a fitting replacement that meets all our needs."
Alternatives: "an appropriate substitute" or "a suitable alternative".
And whom do you think Wagner was proposing as a fitting replacement?
Mr. White said the foundation was trying to acquire a fitting replacement for the sculpture to represent the contribution and sacrifice of the Marines.
Is the Big Bang a fitting replacement for the clash of fire and ice within a dark abyss, the birth of the cosmos according to the great Icelandic epic the Edda?
With all of this meta commentary about the media, maybe he will be a fitting replacement for Letterman, or at least the early Letterman that was riffing on the conventions of the genre, not late-career Letterman which became the establishment.
Who is available now who would be a fitting replacement for a manager of the stature of Wenger?
Dern has spent the last few years playing confused and sometimes creepy old dudes, so he seems like a fitting replacement for Reynolds in the role.
Meanwhile, Alonso's been on the sidelines, Bradford has had stretches where he's played like one of the worst quarterbacks in the league and Philadelphia looks exactly like what it looked like on paper: a team that was torn apart and then haphazardly reassembled with ill-fitting replacement parts.
A Treasury spokesman said the time was right to "retire" the existing £1 coin and using the threepenny bit as inspiration for its replacement was a "fitting tribute" to such an iconic design.
But second-half tries from captain Richie McCaw and replacement Charlie Faumuina were a fitting reward for a dominant display from a dominant All Blacks team.
What was largely overlooked was that the referees and the rule book definitely had an impact on the Super Bowl — perhaps a fitting end to a season that started with the replacement ref controversies.
The reptile famed for its ability to regenerate lost limbs would be a fitting emblem for a club that continues to find excellent replacements for departed stalwarts.
