supplanting

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For now, ideas are converging around a new human interface that will eventually replace the decades-old graphical approach and feature conversations with Siri supplanting mouse clicks and finger taps.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

From this combination a meritocracy emerged, supplanting aristocracies in lands where feudalism had been weakened by progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Klapper described the AI tool as a co-intelligence, akin to a “judicial sous chef,” that will support members of the bench without supplanting them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Traditional internet providers probably don’t have to worry much about satellite service supplanting core broadband offerings in the eyes of consumers.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025

Compton was seized with a vision of Lawrence supplanting his own authority by the sheer exercise of will, abetted by geography.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik