cannibalize

Ships break down, sailors have to cannibalize parts, and the fleet fires weapons faster than the nation can replenish them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

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

Google’s advances in AI are powering solid growth in search, and offsetting fears that its Gemini agent would cannibalize its biggest revenue contributor.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

There’s at least one executive in the artificial intelligence space who doesn’t think AI will cannibalize software companies: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026

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

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

They think investors will be focused on whether Foundayo cannibalizes any demand for Lily’s other weight-loss drug Zepbound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Then there is the ongoing debate in the industry over whether internet gambling cannibalizes physical casinos.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

For Meta, there’s risk that Threads cannibalizes Instagram’s revenue over Twitter’s.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2023

The theater group’s Sunday statement rejected the notion that the simultaneous releases make financial sense for Disney, arguing that Disney+ revenue cannibalizes later video-on-demand sales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2021

“It may be better that Telenor cannibalizes itself than someone else doing it.”

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2018

Reddit, once the internet’s premier place to talk about the news, was cannibalized by invite-only chatroom platforms like Discord and Telegram.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Google has also shown that AI has expanded, not cannibalized, its search-engine business.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

This time around, yield-sharing between platforms is more common, which has reduced overall outflows but also cannibalized off-platform holdings, Engel explained.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

“It dwindled down to 16 functioning buses, and the rest were being cannibalized in order to maintain a minimum level of functioning buses.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

Unfortunately for Holly, in her haste she’d grabbed one of the helmets cannibalized by Artemis Fowl.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Rothschild expects Apple to sell 14 million units in fiscal year 2027, “conservatively” cannibalizing just 2% of traditional iPhone sales.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

MLV and PVF merged after sharing a similar vision and joining forces to avoid cannibalizing the market.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Some publishers say podcasts are a double-edged sword—they may be cannibalizing nonfiction reading, but can also serve as a useful sales driver in a fragmented media market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

But it must be actively defeated; it would be a grave mistake to assume it will dissipate after losing momentum or cannibalizing itself.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

And she had started cannibalizing parts of her city to add on to its height.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore