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  • noun Plural form of replacement.

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Examples

  • Soltan used her professional and religious stances to explain why the derogatory term replacements would actually be detrimental to readers.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • I can just tell you that, we've got reporting and visibility throughout the company down to the lowest levels in the organization on properly managing what we call replacements, but properly managing the amount of uniforms that we're putting into place at our customers.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • The latter, which led to her knee and hip replacements, is genetic, she says.

    Jane Fonda is still going strong on fitness 2010

  • USA TODAY reflects on the category's smart and silly choices — and, for the questionable picks, suggests replacements from the same year's nominees.

    Grammy's top song not always in tune 2010

  • Pitt's consistency in filling the holes with top replacements is one reason the Panthers are a consensus preseason Top 25 team.

    October 16th, 2007 wheatland_press 2007

  • New oil-exploration techniques have only postponed the inevitable end of oil and removed the incentive to develop viable long-term replacements, which may take decades to bring online.

    Mail Call 2008

  • According to a report from the GAO, the Department of Defense may have had to spend as much as $95 million to recruit and train replacements for the 9,488 service members discharged for coming out in various ways since "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took effect, in 1994.

    Primary Sources 2005

  • The report found that the Pentagon had to spend at least $191 million to recruit and train replacements for some 9,500 soldiers discharged for their sexual orientation.

    March 2005 2005

  • According to a report from the GAO, the Department of Defense may have had to spend as much as $95 million to recruit and train replacements for the 9,488 service members discharged for coming out in various ways since "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took effect, in 1994.

    Primary Sources 2005

  • It took Staphylococcus Aureus 4 years to break penicillin, 14 years for methicillin and 35 years for vancomycin but only 1 year for linezolid and no significant long term replacements since.

    SuperBugs Vs Michael McArthur 2007

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