as in replaced
to take the place of
old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways
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Recent Examples of supplanted
What if it eventually gets superseded by a fuller theory, just as quantum mechanics supplanted Newtonian physics a century ago?
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Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
What can your art do that isn’t totally supplanted by this other technology?
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Leclerc started the 2024 season as closer, too, but was supplanted by right-hander Kirby Yates by the middle of the season’s first month.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
Yes, one Evil Empire has supplanted another.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
And yet, before last summer had even ended, the intrepid adventurism that brought the nation’s first big wave of tourism was supplanted with grousing and gripes.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
The veteran supplanted Richardson as the Colts’ starter in training camp and quickly revived his career in Indianapolis.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Congress is a hive of low-character performance, full of individuals who have supplanted their responsibilities to the Constitution and the public interest with flagrant careerism.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Community interdependence and the common good have been supplanted by for-profit services, leaving many people feeling isolated and ignored.
—Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026
Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
What can your art do that isn’t totally supplanted by this other technology?
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Leclerc started the 2024 season as closer, too, but was supplanted by right-hander Kirby Yates by the middle of the season’s first month.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
Yes, one Evil Empire has supplanted another.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
And yet, before last summer had even ended, the intrepid adventurism that brought the nation’s first big wave of tourism was supplanted with grousing and gripes.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
The veteran supplanted Richardson as the Colts’ starter in training camp and quickly revived his career in Indianapolis.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Congress is a hive of low-character performance, full of individuals who have supplanted their responsibilities to the Constitution and the public interest with flagrant careerism.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Community interdependence and the common good have been supplanted by for-profit services, leaving many people feeling isolated and ignored.
—Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplanted
Verb
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Vince Galante replaced former head of Jeep design Mark Allen in 2023.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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After the first sunny spring day, Parisians have officially packed up their winter wardrobe and replaced knits and boots with breezy trench coats and elegant ballerina flats—a look the French are perhaps most famous for.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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What if it eventually gets superseded by a fuller theory, just as quantum mechanics supplanted Newtonian physics a century ago?—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Apr. 2026
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Snapchat would, in fact, be superseded as the political-comms fad du jour, but Democratic hand-wringing about the Party’s visibility in a fragmented attention economy has never gone out of style, and Swalwell has often been seen as an exemplar of how to be everywhere, all at once.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Supplanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplanted. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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