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supplant

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


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As those EVs gain market share abroad, Chinese software and AI may supplant U.S. rivals as the global standard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“This assistance does not supplant the judicial officer’s independent role in decision-making.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

“We don’t know how they were doing business—and now we want to come in and supplant them as the new vampires sucking out wealth,” Naranjo said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

George Furbank was expected to come in at full-back, but instead Marcus Smith and Elliot Daly are thought to be in the running to supplant Freddie Steward.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 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




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