replacement

Example Sentences

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Genetic analysis shows that the people buried before and after this decline were not related, indicating a major population replacement.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

The vacancy is likely to be at the top of the order, so the replacement goes in as the no-frills option.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Cheung said Chavez-DeRemer's deputy Keith Sonderling would step up as acting labor secretary, but it was not clear who Trump has in mind as her permanent replacement.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

In Anaheim, however, two deals that would have anchored the Angels there for decades collapsed, and the 60-year-old stadium is in serious need of renovation or replacement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Essentially the same processes accounted for the replacement of Aboriginal Australian languages by English, and of subequatorial Africa’s original Pygmy and Khoisan languages by Bantu languages.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond