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as in superseded
to take the place of
the old street lights were replaced by more energy-efficient models
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as in returned
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place
took the fragile vase down to look at it and then gently replaced it on the shelf
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Recent Examples of replaced
He was replaced by Jake Browning, who threw for 241 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions and rushed for another score.
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The mop cart has been replaced.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Amanda Eversole, a former public affairs executive at JPMorgan Chase who previously worked in advocacy and management for the oil lobby, replaced Kevin Fromer as FSF president and CEO earlier this month.
—Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Campbell replaced Maximilian Beier on 74 minutes and looked lively, creating a decent chance for Serhou Guirassy during a 2-0 win at Heidenheim.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Agencies that rely on surface-level tactics will be replaced.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
He was replaced by John Hart in season 3, only to return for the show's final two seasons.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Rasul Douglas replaced Duck at cornerback and played the remainder of the game opposite Jack Jones.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Experienced engineers are retiring faster than they can be replaced.
—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The mop cart has been replaced.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Amanda Eversole, a former public affairs executive at JPMorgan Chase who previously worked in advocacy and management for the oil lobby, replaced Kevin Fromer as FSF president and CEO earlier this month.
—Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Campbell replaced Maximilian Beier on 74 minutes and looked lively, creating a decent chance for Serhou Guirassy during a 2-0 win at Heidenheim.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Agencies that rely on surface-level tactics will be replaced.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
He was replaced by John Hart in season 3, only to return for the show's final two seasons.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Rasul Douglas replaced Duck at cornerback and played the remainder of the game opposite Jack Jones.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Experienced engineers are retiring faster than they can be replaced.
—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replaced
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Many classical software development methodologies have been partially superseded by the arrival of DevOps and (even more recently) platform engineering, but these task systems go a long way to describing workflow structures in software teams.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Local standards of comportment and life style are chosen by each Dorf’s board of elders, but these can be superseded by higher authorities that control larger regions of the church.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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After Rogen gave a short and seemingly improvised speech, Bargatze returned for a brief monologue.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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My mother regularly intercepted the packages, returned the items, and used the money to buy food for our family.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the least bad, the researchers assumed the funding cuts lasted just 90 days and would then be fully restored, with countries back to baseline within three months.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Replaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replaced. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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