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supplantations

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plural of supplantation

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Neither side has budged following Tusk’s surprise raid on the Constitutional Tribunal, through which his government ushered out the court’s president and vice president before installing ideologically sympathetic replacements.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Four candidates are competing for two open seats on the Roseville City Council Tuesday, with voters in the city’s 2nd and 4th districts choosing replacements for departing council members.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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But this is 2026 and the world is weaning off larger displacements.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
For two different transitions, the researchers measured displacements of about 240 ± 16 nanometers and 463 ± 20 nanometers, closely matching their theoretical predictions of roughly 232 and 464 nanometers.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of displacements

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Topologists are therefore interested in how the n-dimensional Poincaré conjecture turns out when only diffeomorphic deformations are permitted.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Reference markers printed directly onto the silicone collar let a tiny onboard camera measure those deformations in real time.

— Omar Kardoudi April 23, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of deformations

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Scan enhancement tools address distortions, shadows, and contrast, while cropping and splitting help clean up page layouts.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
Sometimes, generalized anxiety is rooted in cognitive distortions, or inaccurate beliefs or fears about the world.

— Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 Nov. 2026

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