as in replaces
to take the place of
old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways
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Recent Examples of supplants
Leaders who build these practices into how AI gets deployed now safeguard their organizations from a culture where AI supplants human reasoning rather than supports it, and from the performance costs that follow.
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Chris Rosenberg,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
The new tool – called Alexa for Shopping – supplants Rufus, the shopping assistant bot that summarized product reviews and suggested purchases.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
Chinese hot mustard supplants Dijon in leeks vinaigrette.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Empathy emerges from clinical competence, not ideological instruction that supplants scientific rigor.
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Torie Bosch,
STAT,
2 May 2026
The 16-year-old Swiss sensation, who claimed her fifth title of 1997 at the Lipton Championships on March 29, supplants Steffi Graf in the WTA Tour rankings.
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Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
For Venezuela, that means a transition led by Venezuelans, accountable to Venezuelans, with international support that strengthens — not supplants — sovereignty.
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Rick Singh,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
There’s no world, even when Dre Greenlaw returns, in which Greenlaw suddenly supplants Singleton as the mike linebacker in Denver’s defense or Justin Strnad starts over him.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
Heavy water, therefore, supplants its two regular hydrogen atoms with two deuterium atoms.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Chris Rosenberg,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
The new tool – called Alexa for Shopping – supplants Rufus, the shopping assistant bot that summarized product reviews and suggested purchases.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
Chinese hot mustard supplants Dijon in leeks vinaigrette.
—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Empathy emerges from clinical competence, not ideological instruction that supplants scientific rigor.
—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
2 May 2026
The 16-year-old Swiss sensation, who claimed her fifth title of 1997 at the Lipton Championships on March 29, supplants Steffi Graf in the WTA Tour rankings.
—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
For Venezuela, that means a transition led by Venezuelans, accountable to Venezuelans, with international support that strengthens — not supplants — sovereignty.
—
Rick Singh,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
There’s no world, even when Dre Greenlaw returns, in which Greenlaw suddenly supplants Singleton as the mike linebacker in Denver’s defense or Justin Strnad starts over him.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
Heavy water, therefore, supplants its two regular hydrogen atoms with two deuterium atoms.
—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplants
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Furniture Mall replaces about 150,000-square feet in what was once a Macy’s store that closed in 2025.
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This discrepancy, per the report’s projection, will worsen in the 2026-27 school year when STUNT replaces equestrian as a varsity sport.
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State Attorney’s Office prosecutors originally charged Bradly Shawn Shadduck, 56, with second-degree murder, but the grand jury indictment supersedes that charge, and he is now being held without bond on premeditated murder.
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In that sense, this agreement supersedes previous efforts to tie Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty to external agendas.
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“Supplants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplants. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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