supplanting

present participle of supplant
as in replacing
to take the place of old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways

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Recent Examples of supplanting Online shopping titan Amazon reportedly blocked Muse on its website this week, stopping it from becoming a personal shopper on behalf of its users and potentially supplanting Amazon’s own AI agents. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 Trump calls for supplanting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine by individual vaccines for each disease, administered at separate physician visits. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 The film surpassed $500 million in North America in its first seven days, becoming the fastest title to reach that half-billion milestone by supplanting Endgame, which hit the threshold in eight days. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026 These are liquids that tend to elevate other herbal profiles; supplanting juniper as the star of the show. — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The Media Player in Windows 11 is new, supplanting the older Groove app. — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026 Star Catcher envisions its power-node system as complementing nuclear generators rather than supplanting them, according to Rush. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 12 May 2026 While McMillan was on his way to Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, Jalen Coker was supplanting Legette as WR2. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 1 May 2026 Accounts run by male influencers like Andrew Tate, Andy Elliott, and Wes Watson were supplanting him. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplanting
Verb
  • Instead of replacing the turbines, the company’s system is designed to add a secondary power cycle.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Without authentic longing, and without any bittersweet complexity to the portrait of one social order replacing another, we’re left with little more than puffs of amusement, enough to escalate your mood but bound to fade by morning.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
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  • Earlier this month, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Thomas with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death and first-degree murder.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Absent that, the lawyer asked for a 30-day postponement and demanded an unredacted copy of the new superseding indictment.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Supplanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplanting. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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