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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“Supplants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplants. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.

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