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Recent Examples of supplant
Highly liquid and transferable stablecoins may start to supplant some of the base building blocks and revenue drivers of the existing financial system.
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Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The original plan, according to the sources cited by Azizi, was to effectively supplant the supreme leader's authority with a high-ranking leadership committee that would negotiate an end to the conflict.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
On the opposite end of the spectrum, some box office experts who monitor social metrics speculate that Superman could open to as much as $175 million, which would supplant Batman v Superman as DC’s biggest opening.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
The euro cannot quickly supplant the dollar as the anchor of the world’s financial system as countries using it still have far to go in their financial and economic integration, European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 July 2025
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Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The original plan, according to the sources cited by Azizi, was to effectively supplant the supreme leader's authority with a high-ranking leadership committee that would negotiate an end to the conflict.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
On the opposite end of the spectrum, some box office experts who monitor social metrics speculate that Superman could open to as much as $175 million, which would supplant Batman v Superman as DC’s biggest opening.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
The euro cannot quickly supplant the dollar as the anchor of the world’s financial system as countries using it still have far to go in their financial and economic integration, European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplant
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The open outcry trading and hand signals depicted in Trading Places and Wall Street have been replaced by streamlined digital trading experiences on global exchanges.—
Harry Temkin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Wiles replaces Marc Bridge-Wilkinson in the role, who left at the end of last season after 10 years at the club and took up an assistant manager position at League One’s Huddersfield Town.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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The superseding indictment against Michael Gilbert includes counts of mail fraud and money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.—
Cameron Macdonald,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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The teenage girl also was not mentioned in a superseding federal grand jury indictment, which only referenced a 9-year-old victim.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
22 July 2025
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“Supplant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplant. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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