supplantation

Definition of supplantationnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplantation
Noun
  • The recruitment of a permanent replacement for Mitchell is just beginning and may take much of 2026 to complete.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The company now provides hydro jetting, sewer repair and replacement, trenchless repairs, water damage cleanup services, and water filtration and softening systems.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The absence of noise left Juszczyk with an eerie sense of displacement.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Advertisement This depletion of humanitarian capacity means that should the security situation deteriorate, or additional displacement occur, organizations are ill-equipped to meet needs.
    Ciaran Donnelly, Time, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This Heat lineup opened Saturday’s game by digging itself in a 17-9 hole before Spoelstra made his first substitution of the night.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Quick came on to make the first in-game goalie substitution in the Rangers' 44 games this season.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Rain that gets through cracks in the pavement softens the soil beneath, causing more deformation under traffic loading and leading to more cracking, according to Jonathan Stewart, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • This makes the material harder and more resistant to deformation.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • That's when the voice distortion comes into play — but due to a history of viewers trying to cheat the system, The Masked Singer team does even more to deceive the audience.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • However, practical deployment has been prevented by sensitivity to ambient light, waveform distortion in LEDs, according to a press release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This allowed the scientists to witness the dynamical ‘transmutation’ of exotic particles, which had been theoretically predicted for these exotic quantum states.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The process of discovering how to convert my rage into strength was transmutation.
    Kelly Sundberg August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, the parts tracking the rise, demise, and reformation of the influential alternate-rock band are the least interesting aspect of Pavements, because Perry (per the demands of the film’s structure) plays them straight.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Several months later, The Stone Roses announced its reformation for a number of shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park for June and July 2012.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • To lawyers who paid Law Firm Headquarters (the Chhabra’s mass tort call center) for client referrals and partnered with Alpha Law (the pseudo law firm Vince operated with Ron), the settlement value of a plaintiff with revision surgery could be worth ten to fifteen times as much as one without.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Some called for a complete reversal of the measure, while others asked for rule revisions.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Supplantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplantation. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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