displant

as in to replace
to take the place of long ago displanted by the automobile, the horse and buggy have become icons of a slower, gentler time

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Verb
  • Plus, one less component to replace means less money spent by teams during repair.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Your friend should have offered to pay to have your new sofa repaired or replaced.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • This policy supersedes the previous interview waiver guidelines announced on February 18 and marks a shift toward tighter screening as global travel returns to pre-pandemic levels.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
  • All of these operating systems will be superseded in the fall by new releases, unified under version number 26.
    Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2025
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“Displant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displant. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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