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supplant

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


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After all, I’d never lay myself off, push any convoluted apps down my own throat, replace me with AI or let students use chatbots to supplant themselves.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

While artificial intelligence can help advisers operate more efficiently, there’s little indication that it can supplant experienced financial planners.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Soccer probably won’t supplant my love for baseball, football, basketball and hockey — but I can now mention it in the same breath as them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

But even if AI doesn’t supplant intelligence analysts, can it influence them, or soldiers and commanders?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

It does not occur to him that they might supplant them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

This is a crucial piece to the puzzle, because production of one gigabyte of HBM supplants three gigabytes of other types of memory, worsening shortages down the line.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

Their carbon footprint will further drop as renewable energy supplants electricity generated from fossil fuels in the years to come, she said.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2022

The real intrigue may be whether Pickett officially supplants Rudolph by then, a point that might be moot if a team calls inquiring about Rudolph’s availability.

From Seattle Times Aug. 18, 2022

“Even in a world of uncertainty and increasing competition, we’re optimistic about our long-term growth prospects as streaming supplants linear entertainment around the world,” Netflix said in a letter to shareholders on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2022

Money is saved, comfort supplants wretchedness and confusion, and domestic life becomes enjoyable upon a small income.

From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

The musicians who supplanted the East Village folkies were by that time dinosaurs themselves, having been rendered extinct by pop permutations several times over.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

Framed this way, mathematicians are not in a race against A.I.s, waiting for the dreaded Kasparov moment when we become supplanted.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

Private mini-markets and clothing stores with well-stocked shelves have largely supplanted state "bodegas" and ration books in the past five years since SMEs were introduced.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

Its owner, the Pennsylvania Railroad, declined as air travel and highways supplanted intercity train travel in America.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Every few minutes the insects' piercing whine is supplanted by the boom of distant thunder, rumbling over the taiga from a wall of thunderheads rearing darkly on the horizon.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

However the multinational bank also believes that a potential offering from Charter and SpaceX would fall short of supplanting “the role of the Big Three carriers.”

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

She challenged whether supplanting the charter is “in the best interest of the kids... To me, closing this school will have absolutely immediate, disastrous consequences.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Then there’s the threat of smart machines supplanting smart humans.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

German nationalists have never fully forgiven America for World War II. Nor for the cultural competition, from hamburgers’ supplanting bratwurst to the omnipresence of American films and music.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Her son’s resistance to schoolwork was a mild disorder that many children go through, but his study of chess, an intellectual activity, was supplanting it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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