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supplant

[suh-plant, -plahnt] / səˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt /


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At its simplest, that works by blasting signals to drown out, confuse or supplant an adversary’s communications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

After all, I’d never lay myself off, push any convoluted apps down my own throat, replace me with AI or let students use chatbots to supplant themselves.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

While artificial intelligence can help advisers operate more efficiently, there’s little indication that it can supplant experienced financial planners.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

City leaders hope F&M Bank Amphitheater of Long Beach, located next to the famed Queen Mary, will supplant declining revenues from oil extraction and lead to an uptick in tourism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

This was the Rockefeller Foundation, which soon would supplant every other source as Ernest Lawrence’s preeminent philanthropic sponsor.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But those earnings could become more volatile if artificial intelligence supplants the sort of back-office systems that TCS provides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

This is a crucial piece to the puzzle, because production of one gigabyte of HBM supplants three gigabytes of other types of memory, worsening shortages down the line.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

Instead, he supplants Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts as the league’s top-paid player, based on the average annual value of his deal.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023

The real intrigue may be whether Pickett officially supplants Rudolph by then, a point that might be moot if a team calls inquiring about Rudolph’s availability.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

This will supplants the will in favour of Dundas, which is at my lawyers' in London.

From A Woman's Burden by Fergus Hume

He has this terrible feeling of helplessness that is eventually supplanted by this terrible feeling of power that he’s unable to manage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

By contesting the decision, you might have supplanted positive memories with ill will and friction.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The musicians who supplanted the East Village folkies were by that time dinosaurs themselves, having been rendered extinct by pop permutations several times over.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

Framed this way, mathematicians are not in a race against A.I.s, waiting for the dreaded Kasparov moment when we become supplanted.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

What was surprising was the speed with which her relief that Robbie was alive was supplanted by her dread of confronting him.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

However the multinational bank also believes that a potential offering from Charter and SpaceX would fall short of supplanting “the role of the Big Three carriers.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

She wrote that considering legislative history “prevents the preferences of judges from supplanting the will of the people.”

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 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

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


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