Sentence examples for substitutes for each from inspiring English sources

They are complements, not substitutes for each other.

It added that inquiries "told us that most consumers tend to see Barr and Britvic brands as distinct products, rather than close substitutes for each other".

And the products themselves are hardly substitutes for each other; one is all no-frills efficiency, the other more an appealing luxury, priced at $500 and up.

But someone who wanted to attain a certain commitment level — who wanted do enough to feel the warm glow of being involved in the life of the temple — would consider regular attendance and synagogue duties to be substitutes for each other.

Moreover, these two factors were substitutes for each other.

It is increasingly recognized that immigrants are potentially both complements and substitutes for each other.

The celebrity and the retired player will substitute for each other.

What's more, capital -- especially high-technology equipment -- and skilled labor are complementary factors of production, while capital and unskilled workers can be substituted for each other.

A Stephen Meringoff and I have been partners for 26 years — as of January — and we both can substitute for each other in the business.

And because oil and gas are sometimes substituted for each other -- in electricity generation and various other industrial uses -- a decline in the price of one fuel would hold down the price of the other, experts said.

The diverging prices reflect the fact that while oil and natural gas can substitute for each other in some uses, the markets for the two products are very different.