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supplantation

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Definition of supplantation

as in replacement

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Noun

And while Proctor’s replacement Jarrett Kingston certainly had a blunder or two, it was left guard Jonah Savaiinaea that gave up a couple sacks.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
The airline safely operated the engine for 12 additional cycles before securing a replacement.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of replacement

Noun

What started as a power outage last December turned into months of displacement for Leland House residents in Detroit.

— Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
These policies support the need for pet inclusive housing as a legitimate and necessary tool to reduce displacement, support vulnerable populations and prevent avoidable strain on public systems, according to Hernandez’s motion.

— City News Service, Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

Try a smaller version or an unexpected substitution that makes sense.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
Altering the local electron distribution around the central aluminum atom through a single nitrogen substitution created a strong localized electric charge.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of substitution

Noun

Testing methodology Extreme forces driving modern aerospace and defense systems expose structural materials to rapid deformation, crushing pressure, and sudden failure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of deformation

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That low, the rays must pass through a much thicker layer of the atmosphere than when the sun is higher in the sky, increasing the light distortion that complicates photography.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
In an age of denial, distortion and flagrant ahistoricism, the survival of fact depends on those willing to establish it, repeat it and refuse to be shaken.

— Natalie Livingstone, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of distortion

Noun

Hers is an art of transmutation, but one that never shies from showing you the pain it’s made from, at once hopeful and unflinching.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
In the act of telling, there is the potential for transmutation, the often (but not always) false promise of healing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Definition of transmutation

Noun

But this begs the parallel question of what the current museum architecture arises from and reflects, and why the oceanic and the oligarchic logics of the museum’s reformation now travel together here.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Years after his dad’s reformation, Jonah sits on a bench at the Broncos’ practice facility in Dove Valley, gazing out at the green expanse of his future.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026

Definition of reformation

Noun

The report included upward revisions totaling an extra 84,000 jobs added in August and September, meaning the labor market had been stronger in those months than previously thought.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Friday’s report also showed strong upward revisions to recent jobs data.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026

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