supplant

Example Sentences

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“This assistance does not supplant the judicial officer’s independent role in decision-making.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The gains validate a bold bet by Charter Chief Executive Chris Winfrey: that cable could survive, if no longer thrive, by embracing the apps that had begun to supplant the traditional TV bundle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He wrote that Genie “cannot supplant end‑to‑end game production,” and the “AI-driven selloff creates enhanced buying opportunity.”

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Businesses rely on legal software and data service companies to do much of this work, and investors fear Anthropic’s tool could supplant them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Impetus theory was used to handle some anomalies, not to bring about a revolution; indeed, medieval natural philosophers were incapable of imagining a revolution that would supplant Aristotle.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton