supplants

present tense third-person singular of supplant
as in replaces
to take the place of old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways

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Recent Examples of supplants The downgrade is due to pressures on referral traffic as AI supplants traditional internet searching at the dominant search engine Google. — Sean Conlon,liz Napolitano,hugh Leask,justina Lee, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026 Spectrum also supplants the V-2, the World War II weapon of terror, as the largest German rocket in history. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026 Leaders who build these practices into how AI gets deployed now safeguard their organizations from a culture where AI supplants human reasoning rather than supports it, and from the performance costs that follow. — Chris Rosenberg, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The new tool – called Alexa for Shopping – supplants Rufus, the shopping assistant bot that summarized product reviews and suggested purchases. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 May 2026 Chinese hot mustard supplants Dijon in leeks vinaigrette. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Empathy emerges from clinical competence, not ideological instruction that supplants scientific rigor. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 2 May 2026 The 16-year-old Swiss sensation, who claimed her fifth title of 1997 at the Lipton Championships on March 29, supplants Steffi Graf in the WTA Tour rankings. — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 For Venezuela, that means a transition led by Venezuelans, accountable to Venezuelans, with international support that strengthens — not supplants — sovereignty. — Rick Singh, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplants
Verb
  • The conversion replaces the vessel’s fishing and processing equipment with remote-control systems, autonomous technologies and military mission equipment.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Refinancing replaces one existing loan with a new loan with better terms, such as a lower interest rate or a different repayment length.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
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  • Since federal jurisdiction supersedes state law, the ruling gave a victory to Kalshi and Polymarket.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But oil companies sued, stating that state law supersedes the city’s jurisdiction over petroleum production.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

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“Supplants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplants. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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