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supplantations

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plural of supplantation

as in replacements

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The New York City Housing Authority has invested millions in heating infrastructure upgrades, repairs and replacements to keep residents warm this winter, city officials said.

— Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
However, practical applications remain an active area of research, and quantum machines are not replacements for conventional computers.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of replacements

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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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These distortions include facial features in humans changing to become more like a cat's, for example the shape of their eye changing into catlike sockets and their pupils enlarging.

— Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2026
That scary nickname is because the distortions can sometimes look warped and scary like a demon.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026

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