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were replacements
noun
A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
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We are our parents' replacements just as they were replacements of the previous generation".
The two greatest quarterbacks in recent memory were replacements for established starters who showed signs of struggling.
While such products weren't meant as total food replacements, they were replacements for specific foods meant to save us time and money – and even help our health.
Officials said the suspects were replacements for a four-man cell that blew itself up in August while handling explosives in Bilbao.
Eckles explains, "This shows that Facebook gift giving was situated in a larger network of reciprocal gift exchanges that included other methods of giving gifts". He notes that Facebook gifts were replacements for offline gifts about half the time.
The Bretagne class were replacements for the battleships Carnot, Charles Martel and Liberté.
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They are replacements, not reinforcements.
"Most of these are replacements," he said.
But there are replacements - what she calls her 'babysitter group'.
"But there will always be replacements for them".
My thing is replacement.
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