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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are substitutes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing items or concepts that can replace each other in a particular context.
Example: "In cooking, butter and margarine are substitutes for each other in many recipes."
Alternatives: "are alternatives" or "serve as replacements".
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The results show higher output elasticity and that all pairs of factor inputs are substitutes because of the higher level of substitution elasticities.
There are substitutes for oil, but not for water.
Most of those in the picture are substitutes.
Ultimately, neither capital controls nor reserve accumulation are substitutes for comprehensive global financial reform.
Gov. Gray Davis's support for transit is concentrated on services that are substitutes for highway lanes.
Nations go to war over oil, but there are substitutes for oil.
The cults are substitutes for families and communities, institutions that for some of the characters, seem inadequate in the context of the new reality.
So for us postgraduate Americans, there are substitutes: reading groups, the One Book, One City program and, until several weeks ago, Oprah Winfrey's book club.
Nesting boxes on walls and fences are substitutes for the hollow branches, and birds as varied as wrens, woodpeckers and tawny owls make use of them.
"If it turns out that cannabis and alcohol are substitutes, then by my scoring system, legalizing cannabis is obviously a good idea," Mr. Kleiman said.
If a human life is valued at $7m, but so is a river, then the implication is that the two things are substitutes for one another.
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