displant

Definition of displantnext
as in to replace
to take the place of long ago displanted by the automobile, the horse and buggy have become icons of a slower, gentler time

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  • On top of that, the Cardinals moved on from Kyler Murray and didn’t replace him with a viable franchise-caliber quarterback.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • He was replaced by Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
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  • Lions Bays Search and Rescue led the initial search for McLean as a missing person, only to be superseded by the IHIT investigators active in RCMP regions in the province’s lower mainland.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • At the end of the day, the power of the federal government supersedes all power, state power local power.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 May 2026
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“Displant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displant. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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