as in replaced
to take the place of
old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways
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Recent Examples of supplanted
Yet after treaty upon treaty, removal supplanted recognition.
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Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
While that can be tricky territory for guild signatories trying to reassure talent that they aren’t being supplanted by cheaper, non-human production methods, an emerging content outlet like Canela has fewer traditional restraints.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 May 2026
There have been periods where one of the main parties has been supplanted.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Riley Leonard, a 2025 sixth-round pick, has since supplanted Richardson as Indy’s QB2.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
What if it eventually gets superseded by a fuller theory, just as quantum mechanics supplanted Newtonian physics a century ago?
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
Leclerc started the 2024 season as closer, too, but was supplanted by right-hander Kirby Yates by the middle of the season’s first month.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
Yes, one Evil Empire has supplanted another.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
And yet, before last summer had even ended, the intrepid adventurism that brought the nation’s first big wave of tourism was supplanted with grousing and gripes.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
While that can be tricky territory for guild signatories trying to reassure talent that they aren’t being supplanted by cheaper, non-human production methods, an emerging content outlet like Canela has fewer traditional restraints.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 May 2026
There have been periods where one of the main parties has been supplanted.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Riley Leonard, a 2025 sixth-round pick, has since supplanted Richardson as Indy’s QB2.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
What if it eventually gets superseded by a fuller theory, just as quantum mechanics supplanted Newtonian physics a century ago?
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
Leclerc started the 2024 season as closer, too, but was supplanted by right-hander Kirby Yates by the middle of the season’s first month.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
Yes, one Evil Empire has supplanted another.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
And yet, before last summer had even ended, the intrepid adventurism that brought the nation’s first big wave of tourism was supplanted with grousing and gripes.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplanted
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He was replaced by junior Ben Bianchi, a UCF commit, who, after giving up a home run to Ben Shields, got Carter Cox to go down swinging.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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With one on and one out in the fifth inning and the Mets up by one, the Yankees replaced right-hander Jake Bird with left-hander Brent Headrick to face Soto, with Mark Vientos right behind him.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2026
Verb
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With the Selfish Gene, we’re programmed to do what’s best for ourselves and our own survival that’s only superseded by the survival of our children, right?—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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As science communication evolved, the top-down one-way model was superseded by a two-way communication model that conceived of the public not as passive receivers but as active participants, the model of public engagement or conversation.—
Prodromos Yannas,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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“Supplanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplanted. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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