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Discover LudwigThe phrase "not replacement" is not correct in standard written English
It may be intended to convey that something is not a substitute or alternative for something else.
Example: "This new policy is not a replacement for the previous guidelines, but rather an addition to them."
Alternatives: "not a substitute" or "not an alternative."
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With that fact alone, blower bans, not replacement with quieter models, should take priority.
As often as not, it's a story of coexistence, not replacement; of retreat, not defeat.
Replacement air traffic controllers were O.K.; but not replacement N.F.L. players, or a replacement Harrison Ford.
Given that PCDR uses placebo for drug reduction, not replacement, is it likely to be more acceptable to patients?
The report says the nation's workplace relations system is "not systematically dysfunctional" and needs "repair not replacement".
The N.F.L. referees are not on strike; they have been locked out, and the guys who are taking their places are not "replacement referees" — they are what were once called "scabs".
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These are not replacements for films, but something thrillingly different.
But these are complementary channels to YouTube, not replacements.
For most workers, online marketplaces are supplements, not replacements.
The translations are billed as "companion pieces" for Shakespeare's originals, not replacements.
That was the same determination made by the replay officials, who are not replacements.
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