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
But as much as the ratings monopoly has taken its share of knocks over the decades, it has never been supplanted as the anchor of the $70 billion-plus TV ad business.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
After all, Sanders supplanted Sean Lewis as offensive play-caller with Pencil Pat midway through 2023’s losing streak.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Oslo led to the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, a political leadership that has supplanted the PLO, and is now headquartered in the town of Ramallah, in the West Bank.
—Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
For example, where sedans once ruled the road, a great many of them have since been supplanted in favor of more-popular SUVs and crossovers.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Their music provided a suitably self-important soundtrack as Great Recession-era artisanal hipsterdom faded into the careerist hopefulness of the latter Obama years, when Everlane minimalism supplanted lumberjack plaid.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Landau, once a critic who wrote the famous line about seeing the future of rock n roll in Springsteen, supplanted Springsteen’s original manager Mike Appel during the recording of Born to Run.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
China has supplanted the Soviet Union as the United States’ principal rival—a superpower that is both economically and technologically more formidable than the Soviets ever were.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Moss was supplanted as USC’s starting quarterback last month and has since transferred to Louisville.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
After all, Sanders supplanted Sean Lewis as offensive play-caller with Pencil Pat midway through 2023’s losing streak.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Oslo led to the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, a political leadership that has supplanted the PLO, and is now headquartered in the town of Ramallah, in the West Bank.
—Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
For example, where sedans once ruled the road, a great many of them have since been supplanted in favor of more-popular SUVs and crossovers.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Their music provided a suitably self-important soundtrack as Great Recession-era artisanal hipsterdom faded into the careerist hopefulness of the latter Obama years, when Everlane minimalism supplanted lumberjack plaid.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Landau, once a critic who wrote the famous line about seeing the future of rock n roll in Springsteen, supplanted Springsteen’s original manager Mike Appel during the recording of Born to Run.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
China has supplanted the Soviet Union as the United States’ principal rival—a superpower that is both economically and technologically more formidable than the Soviets ever were.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Moss was supplanted as USC’s starting quarterback last month and has since transferred to Louisville.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplanted
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More Ethan Miller/Getty Images Niners Faithful have been calling for him to be replaced for a while.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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While machines can excel at data processing and pattern recognition, people bring unique strengths, including creativity, relationship management and even ethical judgment that cannot be comprehensively replaced by automation.—
M. Todd Abner,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Local standards of comportment and life style are chosen by each Dorf’s board of elders, but these can be superseded by higher authorities that control larger regions of the church.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Short-term commitments superseded sentimentality, turning two homegrown cornerstones into opponents while thrusting a team into overhaul.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
21 Dec. 2024
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“Supplanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplanted. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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