- present participle of supplant.
supplanting
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At a time when servers are being shut down, physical media is being digitized out of existence, and the subscription model is supplanting personal ownership, Ruth believes this is a way to have data autonomy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
However the multinational bank also believes that a potential offering from Charter and SpaceX would fall short of supplanting any of the major cellular service providers in the U.S.
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
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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