An emollient is rubbed into the skin to soothe and moisten it, while a soap substitute is simply used to keep it clean.

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There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

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There is simply no substitute for plenty of training when running a marathon.

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North Carolina State and Wake Forest, whose profit was halved last year, prove once more that when it comes generating green in the Old North State, there's simply no substitute for Tar Heel blue.

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He questioned whether the ECPs would simply be a "substitute rather than a supplement" to the existing service.

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It simply makes economic sense to substitute debt for equity, and that's what leveraged takeovers and levereage buyouts do.

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