Noun : summer replacements for vacationing staff; a replacement for a broken dish.    From Dictionary.com. 

Two CH46's were able to land 45 replacements from the 12th Mobile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coen, Harry B.] Reference

The latter, which led to her knee and hip replacements, is genetic, she says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jane Fonda is still going strong on fitness] Reference

Training of RN replacements is indeed almost never regulated by state licensing boards.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Nurses Stand For] Reference

Two CH46's were able to land 45 replacements from the 12th Mobile Strike Force Company, accompanied by Capt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moore, Maurice H.] Reference

If the change is approved, council members would gain new authority to interview potential midterm replacements in private.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Columbus Dispatch Feed] Reference

Real chiefs Pedja Mijatovic and Miguel Angel Portugal are now interviewing potential replacements from a shortlist of three.    From Wordnik.com.  [tribalfootball.com] Reference

Barca have been following the young Brazilian for much of the year as they consider long-term replacements for Thierry Henry.    From Wordnik.com.  [tribalfootball.com] Reference

Pitt's consistency in filling the holes with top replacements is one reason the Panthers are a consensus preseason Top 25 team.    From Wordnik.com.  [October 16th, 2007] Reference

Downgrades: Letting RB Travis Henry and WR Drew Bennett go without worthy replacements is no way to help Vince.    From Wordnik.com.  [NFL offseason grades as training camps open] Reference

Time will tell if their replacements are any better.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - 25. Milwaukee Brewers] Reference

President Hamid Karzai to name replacements of "equal caliber.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

These batteries and power adapters are not no-name replacements!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wil's Ebay E-Store]

Their replacements are A-10 Thunderbolts, also known as Warthogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Air Force Times - News] Reference

And governors in New York and Colorado must name replacements for Sens.    From Wordnik.com.  [WBAY Action 2 News] Reference

Their replacements were the stars in a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

Their replacements will be a pair of "transformation, food and lifestyle" shows.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

He already has been contacted by several potential replacements, which is no surprise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

United States, but urged the U. S.-backed leader to name replacements of "equal caliber.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine Corps Times - News] Reference

Her replacements are a pair of older women who squat in the dust, playing dice by the light of a fluorescent lamp.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Its original charter set it up as a self-promulgating board with the power to name replacements when a member stepped down.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

How do we train replacements who will be able to improvise fixes for seven decades’ worth of breakdowns and malfunctions?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Final Frontier] Reference

The deadlocked legislature, meanwhile, has been unable to name replacements for 22 government officials whose terms have run out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eyewitness News] Reference

Afghan security ministers, calling it an internal matter and urging President Hamid Karzai to name replacements of "equal calibre.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

Will they bring in replacements?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight Lexicon » Kellan and Ashley Still To Sign on the Dotted Line] Reference

Millionaire players express contempt for "replacements," but they didn't show up to hurl invectives at them.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Strike And They're Out] Reference

In the Big Tobacco's boardrooms, those kids are known as "replacements".    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

The arrival of the boys helped of course, though they were never "replacements", but always, gloriously, themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good in Parts] Reference

The prosecutors also asked him if there were any "replacements" for the generals mentioned in Örnek's diaries, including Fırtına.    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News]

"No replacements are automatic, so the competition is getting fierce.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hard Man To Beat] Reference

Since January they've lost two original members -- and one of the replacements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsmakers] Reference

Many of the war babies are conscious replacements for children who were killed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarajevo's New Boom In Babies] Reference

Even if Zarqawi is incapacitated, there is no shortage of potential replacements.    From Wordnik.com.  [HOW HURT IS ZARQAWI?] Reference

That appealed to the Bell scientists charged with finding replacements for vacuum tubes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Transistor] Reference

Between 1976 and 1986 the number of knee replacements rose 112 percent, from 54,210 to 114,659.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Serious] Reference

Their replacements are considered by analysts to be more forward-thinking, better trained and younger.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Model Army] Reference

He believes the discs, like knee replacements, will give patients more mobility than traditional fusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Back Debate] Reference

He has already announced replacements for two of the vacated posts, and a third announcement is expected soon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dream Team?] Reference