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displanting

verb

present participle of displant

as in replacing

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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Eventually, SpaceX wants to use Starship as its workhorse rocket, replacing the smaller Falcon 9.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 25 July 2026
And if that wasn’t enough, Sink appears to be wearing green contacts, replacing her natural blue.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

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In his ruling Tuesday, Judge Fitzgerald said both sides should confer to come up with a subsequent trial date for Counts One and Six of the third superseding indictment.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
Attorney Abbe Lowell entered the not guilty plea on behalf of the organization to a superseding indictment that adds details about the charges first announced in April.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026

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