supplanting

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Then there’s the threat of smart machines supplanting smart humans.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

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

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

China once again took the top spot as Germany's biggest trade partner in 2025, supplanting the US.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Her son’s resistance to schoolwork was a mild disorder that many children go through, but his study of chess, an intellectual activity, was supplanting it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady