as in replaces
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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Now ready for pre-sale, the Sync Oven and Sync Air Fryer exemplify an idea beyond a kitchen tool, one that replaces hesitation with clarity and guesswork with certainty.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
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Leaders must pair intelligence with intention, ensuring AI augments humanity, not replaces it.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Modifications to gravity, which add additional parameters but have failed to create a consistent picture that supersedes general relativity.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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In his book-length study, Transcendental Style in Film, Paul Schrader argues that for a film in the transcendental style, form supersedes content.—
Roy Scranton
August 20,
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“Displants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displants. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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