Thesaurus results for SUPPLANTING

supplanting

verb

present participle of supplant

as in replacing

to take the place of old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways

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Recent Examples of supplanting The Cowboys do not plan on Pettine supplanting Parker as defensive coordinator, but rather allowing the both to work together again in hopes of changing the brutal results on the field over the first five weeks. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 As quiet luxury makes way for more of a statement in fashion, so, too are bolder hair and makeup creations supplanting natural looks. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Congdon made his first career start at left guard, supplanting Alofaituli in that role, and played 61 of 66 snaps. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Online shopping titan Amazon reportedly blocked Muse on its website this week, stopping it from becoming a personal shopper on behalf of its users and potentially supplanting Amazon’s own AI agents. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 Trump calls for supplanting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine by individual vaccines for each disease, administered at separate physician visits. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 The film surpassed $500 million in North America in its first seven days, becoming the fastest title to reach that half-billion milestone by supplanting Endgame, which hit the threshold in eight days. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026 These are liquids that tend to elevate other herbal profiles; supplanting juniper as the star of the show. — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The Media Player in Windows 11 is new, supplanting the older Groove app. — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026

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Because light travels faster through glass than electric signals through copper, it’s long been theorized that replacing traditional cables in data centers with fiber optics equipment could speed computing and slow power consumption.

— Rob Pegoraro, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
This four-quarter program is replacing the School of Education’s existing six-quarter Master of Arts in education pathway.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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So far, that hasn’t resulted in larger robots suddenly superseding humans at sports.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
Ahmed, 42, and Suhail, 49, each were charged in the third superseding indictment with counts of wire fraud, embezzlement, kickback conspiracy and money laundering.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

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