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“A lot of the deployment of AI and AI-driven applications is supposed to replace human labor, right?”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Thrive Eternal focuses on long-term investments in scarce cultural institutions that technology cannot replace, but it has little relevant experience in managing something as large and complicated as a World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Food manufacturers can also replace some sodium with potassium salts, but there are practical limits.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
The project to replace existing nuclear submarines will receive £8.4bn to support progress towards getting the new vessels ready for service.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Tools and weapons made of this extraordinary alloy began to replace those previously made of wood, stone, bone, and copper.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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She replaces Anna Turley who was made a minister in the Home Office last week.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
And one in five Americans believes Social Security is all that’s necessary, even though it replaces only 40% of the average worker’s wages when retiring at age 65.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sanjay Gaba, president of the All India Gig and Platform Workers Union, said the system simply replaces one form of exploitation with another.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Some arias are cut; Donna Elvira’s Act 2 “Mi tradì” replaces her Act 1 “Ah, fuggi il traditor,” and there is no moralizing epilogue after the Don goes to hell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Who’s is short for who is, and the apostrophe replaces the missing i in is.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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From the fourth century to the 14th—when sea travel gradually replaced overland caravans—merchants, laborers, religious leaders, and government officials from across Eurasia convened there to exchange goods and culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
NFL analyst Tony Romo has been placed on indefinite leave by CBS Sports and will be replaced in the booth by J.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
And even if that fact might make you depressed, scrolling will deplete one’s cynicism until it’s replaced by another attention-grabbing post.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Shuttered storefronts lined Calle Real, the city's main commercial artery, where the usual flow of shoppers and residents had been replaced by scores of migrants milling around the streets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The nervousness she’d felt earlier in the morning had been replaced by something hard to define.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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Back then, at a vote held in Kigali, Rwanda, the support for him was so overwhelming that he was ushered back into office by acclaim, with a storming round of applause replacing a formal vote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
They have a new offensive coordinator in former Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, and a new defensive coordinator in Chris O’Leary, who is replacing his mentor, Jesse Minter, new coach of the Baltimore Ravens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
In February, the Financial Times reported that Nvidia was pulling out from a $100 billion agreement originally announced in September, and replacing it with a $30 billion equity investment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
It requires updating, and in some cases, completely replacing, existing machinery, which can be costly and time consuming.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Her face fell as she looked into Harry’s face: humor gone, terror replacing it....
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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