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 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 Claude quickly surged to the top of the app store, supplanting OpenAI’s chatbot. Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplanting
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  • To be sure, commercially viable applications will have to enter the market, old industrial equipment will need replacing, and computing power will need to be built.
    Eugenia Perozo, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Khamenei has not been seen in public since replacing his father as Iran's supreme leader.
    Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • According to a superseding indictment filed last year, the organization operated from at least October 2023 through May 2025 and grew largely out of friendships developed through online gaming platforms.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Now, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed making this process permanent and potentially worse by having a political appointee review all grants before they are awarded, superseding the peer review process.
    Abdullah Shihipar, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Supplanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplanting. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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