supplanted

past tense of supplant
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 Wagering on outcomes as a way to forecast election results was supplanted beginning in the 1930s with the emergence of quasi-scientific polling techniques developed by pioneers in survey research such as George Gallup and Elmo Roper. — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 For the first 15 years thereafter, terrorism supplanted other threats such as those coming from nation-states (China, Iran, North Korea and Russia), and our country took our eye off of existential threats to our security. — John M. Weaver, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2026 That an event, no matter how catastrophic and impactful, takes up less space in public memory and is supplanted by new ones is, after all, how history works. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 Starting in the 1930s, as talking pictures and then radio and TV supplanted theater as the prime form of mass entertainment, some were converted to cinemas. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026 But over time, people’s loyalty to online brands may be supplanted by the efficacy of their interfaces for agents. — George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis Written by Greece’s former finance minister, Technofeudalism argues that capitalism hasn’t merely become monopolistic; it has been supplanted by a whole new economic order. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 But Rogers supplanted him during the second team period and the Raiders continued to alternate them for the rest of practice. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplanted
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  • And the club never replaced the synergy provided by Angel Zerpa, Taylor Clarke, Evan Sisk and Jonathan Bowlan among others.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Both want Ukraine’s president to be replaced with someone who will agree a quick deal.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • Someone opening an old document might notice the date or author and realize the contents have been superseded.
    — Nick Burling, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers generated hundreds of thousands of videos before the model was shut down and superseded by successive generations, Veo 2 and Veo 3, both of which were released to the public.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Supplanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplanted. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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