substituted
v.v. to use one thing or person instead of another. You do this when the original choice is not available or if you want to try something different.
v. to put someone or something in the place of another; to replace a primary element with an alternative. Often used in the context of sports, cooking, or formal logic.
I substituted honey for sugar in the cake recipe.
The coach substituted the injured striker for a younger player in the final ten minutes of the match.
In the final draft of the treaty, negotiators substituted the word 'shall' for 'may' to ensure the obligations were legally binding on all parties.
The verb is transitive. It typically takes the preposition 'for' to indicate the item being replaced, or 'with' to indicate the replacement.
I substituted sugar with honey (meaning sugar is the new item)I substituted honey for sugarLearners often confuse the direction of the replacement; 'substitute A for B' means A is the new item and B is the one being removed.