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cannibalize

[kan-uh-buh-lahyz] / ˈkæn ə bəˌlaɪz /
VERB
salvage
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The idea that AI won’t cannibalize artists and their work on a massive scale is refreshingly utopian, but in many ways so was the fair itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“In fact, we believe hyperscalers are more likely to attempt head-on competition, going after GPU cloud business as the natural adjacency to traditional cloud,” which could cannibalize CoreWeave’s business.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

One problem with lower-priced new models is that they can cannibalize sales of other versions, pressuring profit margins.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Their executives insisted they would never cannibalize sales outside China by exporting from those joint ventures, recalls Michael Dunne of market research and advisory Dunne Insights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

I dread the time when I shall have to cannibalize the recorder.

From The Issahar Artifacts by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)