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Recent Examples of supplant
In the early 2000s, as the Pierce Brosnan James Bond era was winding down, critics noted that American studios seemed to be offering three different paths toward supplanting 007.
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
Another player who could not supplant Van der Sar in the starting XI was Tomasz Kuszczak.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Most of Fort Worth’s growth has been outside Loop 820 with large housing developments supplanting prairie land in the far north and southwest.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
In the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup, the Herons exited in the quarterfinals to a CF Monterrey squad that has decisively been the best in Concacaf competition over the last decade-and-a-half, and seem intent on showing it would not be supplanted easily.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
Another player who could not supplant Van der Sar in the starting XI was Tomasz Kuszczak.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Most of Fort Worth’s growth has been outside Loop 820 with large housing developments supplanting prairie land in the far north and southwest.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
In the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup, the Herons exited in the quarterfinals to a CF Monterrey squad that has decisively been the best in Concacaf competition over the last decade-and-a-half, and seem intent on showing it would not be supplanted easily.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplant
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Solid Combustion Experiment Module — Onishi also replaced the sample cartridges for an ongoing fire experiment in Japan's Kibo laboratory, which is aimed at improving the safety of spacecraft and anywhere else astronauts may live when off Earth.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
14 June 2025
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Even in this rather dark conclusion, the animator’s comic sensibilities shine through, in the old school ‘X’s replacing the mouse’s eyes in death.—
Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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Moreover, this isn’t just another limit that will be superseded by the next generation of AI.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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His ruling Fidesz party has said the Pride march could be considered harmful to children and that protecting them would supersede the right to assemble.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
27 May 2025
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“Supplant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplant. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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