I would rather hang out with my friends instead of being at school doing work .
"Dr. Pepper instead of water please", Mike told the waitress .
Wouldn't you rather be with me instead of that other girl ?
yes it depends on the sentence.
use the word job
That word is badly out-of-date. I recommend you use amend instead.
Anyway.
whats the answer
No
A sentence for the word peculiarity is: That boy does have one peculiarity, he puts his money in his sock instead of in his pocket. And that my friends is how you use the word peculiarity in a sentence.
Items, or events
You can use however instead.
Instead of jelly, I put marmalade on my toast.
You can use: knowledge, data, news, intelligence, report.
Depends on the context of the sentence. -present -symbolize -exist -live