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
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.
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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
There’s no world, even when Dre Greenlaw returns, in which Greenlaw suddenly supplants Singleton as the mike linebacker in Denver’s defense or Justin Strnad starts over him.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Heavy water, therefore, supplants its two regular hydrogen atoms with two deuterium atoms.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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
There’s no world, even when Dre Greenlaw returns, in which Greenlaw suddenly supplants Singleton as the mike linebacker in Denver’s defense or Justin Strnad starts over him.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Heavy water, therefore, supplants its two regular hydrogen atoms with two deuterium atoms.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplants
Verb
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Bas Jan Ader replaces Jason Bourne.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Back-channeling replaces direct escalation.—
Adrienne Down Coulson,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Just change a natural language prompt that generally supersedes everything else.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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At the end of the day, the power of the federal government supersedes all power, state power local power.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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“Supplants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplants. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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