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pinch-hits

verb

present tense third-person singular of pinch-hit

as in substitutes

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester

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Recent Examples of pinch-hits Eighteen players have at least 100 pinch-hits in their career. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026

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Another way to say this is that, in place of the extensive self-announcements Plato allows his characters, Rochester substitutes his own summary judgements, his sarcastic imitations.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Finally, because Helms-Burton gave presidents power to block these suits, the majority concluded that this mechanism substitutes for the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act rather than coexisting with it.

— Manuel A. Gómez, The Conversation, 25 June 2026

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All of this spells the need for clear rules and for lawmakers and law enforcement to catch up with this rapidly changing transportation.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
The table below spells them out in grams (g), milligrams (mg), micrograms (mcg), and international units (IU).

— Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 1 July 2026

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