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Their findings supported the use of hypnosis as a substitute for sedative drug use.
The name hop tree originates from the use of the fruits as a substitute for hops in brewing.
Without artificial self-aggrandizement, he may realize that external pomp is a poor substitute for inner worth.
In later melds and when laying off cards on existing melds, jokers can be used freely to substitute for any card.
The information provided herein should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional advisers.
More recently, it often shows up in fairly complex catadioptric systems as a simple, inexpensive substitute for an aspheric mirror.
It was concluded that the neutral or basic action of titanous oxide was a useful substitute for wustite in the slag.
At one time, carob beans were a major export for Cyprus, sold all over the world as a substitute for chocolate.
But whereas heroin can be replaced with methadone, no drug has been found to substitute for cocaine.
The Scottish executive has substantially widened access to methadone as a substitute for heroin addicts.
It is used as a substitute for tar and as an external application for rheumatism or chilblains.
The bandages substitute for the elasticity lost by tissues engorged with edema.
No longer can a lot of cheery-sounding mush from teachers and administrators substitute for hard facts.
In time little voice intonations, punctuation and even language choice will substitute for body language.
Feeding birds commercial birdseed helps them through harsh winter conditions, but it's no substitute for improving backyard habitat.
In a very real sense, presenting an e-book reader as a sort of substitute for a printed book underestimates and trivializes the future.
So, with apologies to all, the need is to find an appropriately gruesome substitute for the Big C, one that gives offence to none.
Fruit squash, even the high-fruit variety, is no substitute for fresh fruit juice.
We now have a ubiquitous personal and immediate substitute for present company.
The therapy is not intended as a substitute for orthodox medical treatment, the Association of Reflexologists stresses.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The kudzu Vine is of wonderful rapidity of growth, and will be found a good substitute for a hardy vine about piazzas and porches.
This confection was found of great value on the march as a substitute for water.
Was it not a supersedure of the old one, within the very language of the substitute for the bill which is now under consideration?
This is present in the oil of lemon grass, which is sometimes used as a substitute for lemon oil.
The resin has been employed as a substitute for copaiba balsam, and plasters are made of it.
They grow up accepting the politics of telegenic competition, a poor substitute for competence and commitment.
Cottonseed oil makes a better substitute for olive oil then does corn oil as it is at present refined.
For external use in neuralgic and rheumatic affections, as a substitute for solution of Delphinia.
The pith of the mamaku, when cooked and dried in the sun, is an excellent substitute for sago.
The screechy orchestra is a poor substitute for the grand birds' concerts of June and July.
Besides, the right of entrepot is a perfect substitute for the right of free port.
The rootstock cannot be used as a substitute for ginger, but smells and tastes very aromatic and pungent.
Cocoanut butter is a cheap and excellent substitute for margarine or butter.
On coming back they distribute to each other leaves of the shami tree as a substitute for gold.
But as a substitute for such tanks or reservoirs he invented the accumulator.
The unripe carpels are sometimes pickled, and used as a substitute for capers.
Yet all this was cold and unsatisfying, a poor substitute for the other things.
A substitute for this latter is a very small amount of water, with the addition of butterine or some good butter substitute.
This oil affords a cheap and excellent substitute for olive oil for pharmaceutical and other purposes.
The long flexible stems of B. kerere furnish the natives of French Guiana with a substitute for ropes.
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