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- v substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
He replaced the old razor blade
We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago
the insurance will replace the lost income
This antique vase can never be replaced - v take the place or move into the position of
Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school - v put something back where it belongs
replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it - v put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
- A new report suggests that Americans are going to replace their knees and hips in greater numbers, and there might not be enough doctors to handle the deluge.
- In fact, battery technology at the time was nowhere near ready to replace the piston-powered engine.
- Oh-so-briefly interrupting staycation to note that Charles Gibson is retiring as host of ABC's evening newscast, to be replaced by Diane Sawyer, meaning that white-male TV anchors .