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supplant

[suh-plant, -plahnt] / səˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt /


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But it was clear at the time it was adopted that it did not empower “the justices of the court to supplement or supplant the Governor’s executive clemency authority.”

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

After all, I’d never lay myself off, push any convoluted apps down my own throat, replace me with AI or let students use chatbots to supplant themselves.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

While artificial intelligence can help advisers operate more efficiently, there’s little indication that it can supplant experienced financial planners.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

It has built powerful AI models and is working toward an unspecified “family of devices” to run them, devices that could supplant Apple’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

This was the Rockefeller Foundation, which soon would supplant every other source as Ernest Lawrence’s preeminent philanthropic sponsor.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But those earnings could become more volatile if artificial intelligence supplants the sort of back-office systems that TCS provides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

This is a crucial piece to the puzzle, because production of one gigabyte of HBM supplants three gigabytes of other types of memory, worsening shortages down the line.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

The recently snared behemoth supplants the previous record of 18 feet, 9 inches, which was set in 2020 by professional trappers.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

Instead, he supplants Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts as the league’s top-paid player, based on the average annual value of his deal.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023

In many cases a weak preterite supplants the proper strong one: div, driv, fit, gi’n or give, rid, riv, riz, writ, done, run, seen or seed, blowed, crowed, drawed, growed, knowed, throwed.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart

The survey shows that fears about surging borrowing costs have even supplanted worries about the AI trade possibly turning into a bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Framed this way, mathematicians are not in a race against A.I.s, waiting for the dreaded Kasparov moment when we become supplanted.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

Those nominations numbers continued the shift that has been taking place the last several years as Cannes has supplanted the fall film festivals as the event with the most sway at the Academy Awards.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The rise of AI has initiated the latest round of anxiety that workers might be supplanted by machines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

In Greek mythology the sorceress Medea, enraged at being supplanted by a rival for the affections of her husband Jason, presented the new bride with a robe possessing magic properties.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

At a time when servers are being shut down, physical media is being digitized out of existence, and the subscription model is supplanting personal ownership, Ruth believes this is a way to have data autonomy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

However the multinational bank also believes that a potential offering from Charter and SpaceX would fall short of supplanting any of the major cellular service providers in the U.S.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

She wrote that considering legislative history “prevents the preferences of judges from supplanting the will of the people.”

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Then there’s the threat of smart machines supplanting smart humans.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Compton was seized with a vision of Lawrence supplanting his own authority by the sheer exercise of will, abetted by geography.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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