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supplantation

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Definition of supplantation

as in replacement

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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

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Preliminary estimates place the new submarine’s submerged displacement at approximately 10,100 tons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Blanchett said the filmmakers were given full freedom over subject and point of view, and their stories did not have to address displacement directly.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 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

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Higher-frequency deformation patterns initially appeared around the ring before gradually merging into larger movements.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 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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The background street gets wildly warped from distortion, and anything outside of the center suffers some detail loss.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Per the devices’ product pages, the speakers have lossless HD audio, Advanced Room Adaptation, and features for fighting noise distortion.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of distortion

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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

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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

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