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supplants

verb

present tense third-person singular of supplant

as in replaces

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

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Recent Examples of supplants Spectrum also supplants the V-2, the World War II weapon of terror, as the largest German rocket in history. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026 Leaders who build these practices into how AI gets deployed now safeguard their organizations from a culture where AI supplants human reasoning rather than supports it, and from the performance costs that follow. — Chris Rosenberg, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The new tool – called Alexa for Shopping – supplants Rufus, the shopping assistant bot that summarized product reviews and suggested purchases. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 May 2026 Chinese hot mustard supplants Dijon in leeks vinaigrette. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Empathy emerges from clinical competence, not ideological instruction that supplants scientific rigor. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 2 May 2026 The 16-year-old Swiss sensation, who claimed her fifth title of 1997 at the Lipton Championships on March 29, supplants Steffi Graf in the WTA Tour rankings. — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 For Venezuela, that means a transition led by Venezuelans, accountable to Venezuelans, with international support that strengthens — not supplants — sovereignty. — Rick Singh, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026 There’s no world, even when Dre Greenlaw returns, in which Greenlaw suddenly supplants Singleton as the mike linebacker in Denver’s defense or Justin Strnad starts over him. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025

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At Moneypenny, smart technology supports rather than replaces human judgment, giving our teams the clarity to make confident decisions within clear guardrails.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The Prospect Lake Clean Water Center, built under a public-private partnership, replaces Fiveash, a 1950s-era plant that has served Fort Lauderdale and surrounding communities for 73 years.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

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