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supplant

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


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“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

He wrote that Genie “cannot supplant end‑to‑end game production,” and the “AI-driven selloff creates enhanced buying opportunity.”

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

That created fears that AI could supplant traditional software and services, hammering a broad array of stocks on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Intensive postwar lobbying by truck manufacturers and armies finally convinced the public of its own needs and enabled trucks to begin to supplant horse-drawn wagons in industrialized countries.

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




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