supplantation

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Noun
  • The frequent replacements mean a more frequent launching and a more frequent deorbiting compared to old-school missions designed with longer missions in mind.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 May 2026
  • The old road runs right along the modern replacement, grass and weeds gradually breaking it up.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • And maybe hold a parallel history of travel and displacement in some odd way?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • Moderated by IndieWire’s Anne Thompson, the panel explored how Luna channelled his own experiences with grief into an adaptation of Brenda Navarro’s novel about family separation and emotional displacement.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • That may have resulted in the substitution of less-lethal drugs, like xylazine, to the drug mix, researchers said.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 May 2026
  • The occupations most exposed to AI substitution, where most core tasks can be readily automated, like information clerks, secretaries, and sales representatives, were already experiencing some of the worst labor shortages at the time, according to Peng and Walker.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • However, the authors acknowledge that even their advanced simulations still cannot capture every fine-scale detail of crustal deformation or ejecta movement.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
  • All of the processes of deformation, faulting and sedimentation are localized in one area, causing the Earth's crust to thin dramatically, according to Rowan, the study's lead author.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ace Reputation’s models are trained not just to recognize explicit falsehoods, but to identify subtler distortions - context shifts, narrative framing, and the early signals of viral propagation, Gaurav claims.
    Wyles Daniel May 19, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
  • Median Annual salary reflects the midpoint of earnings for each role; half of workers earn above this figure, half below—chosen over an average to avoid distortion from outliers.
    ByBryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • This transformation could signify a hallucinatory experience rather than a physical transmutation, indicating a tradition of pharmacological knowledge.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Ouroboros-like, Erdrich is in continual, self-devouring motion and thus presents a kind of constancy of transmutation — identity itself becomes a variable in the endless calculation of renewal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Friends since first grade and bandmates since high school, the two 32-year-old Rogers Park natives and founding members of the then-dormant Chicago indie-rock band Twin Peaks weren’t at the Pilsen venue scouting locations for a potential reformation.
    Blair R. Fischer, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • Historically, the superintendent has not had sufficient experience in K-12 classrooms to improve efficiency, center equity and center hands-on policy reformation.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Under the revision, the Recreation Center would stay open 40 hours a week, a reduction from 60 hours.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • The ballot question is the latest version of the legislation, championed by Commissioner Damian Pardo, which has undergone several revisions and been a point of contention throughout the past year.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
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“Supplantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplantation. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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