take the place of (someone or something)

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: to replace (someone or something)

Who will take the place of the current pope?

Televisions began to take the place of radios in most families' homes.

Examples of take the place of (someone or something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the press release, the coffee and doughnut chain will take the place of Starbucks in Concourse A and B, the airport's only two locations. —Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024

Arrays of these semiconductors could take the place of film and plates to create a light-sensitive detector, which is the heart of every digital camera. —Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 June 2024

The Deep Groove, a new cafe and lounge featuring vinyl and art, will take the place of Brady Street Futons. —Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024

The law requires that schools only use the money to increase arts programs and funding — not reduce or take the place of existing ones. —Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024

Resembling a lasagna—yes, the plantains take the place of the pasta—this layered dish is only something Caribbean people could have created. —Zayda Rivera, Parents, 30 May 2024

The restaurant will take the place of RYMKS, an international soul food restaurant scheduled to shut down after a final day of service on May 19. —Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024

Still, there’s no clear executive to take the place of Musk, who’s widely seen as the driver behind its transformation from a scrappy Silicon Valley startup to the world’s most valuable automaker. —Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024

But when beckoned by a staffer to take the place of one clumsy media buyer who’d just been figuratively killed by a replica of the series’ robot doll, Young-hee, this reporter demurred. —Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024