supplant
Example Sentences
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These new resources wouldn’t be used to supplant existing funding but rather to double funding for the NSF, NIH, Darpa and the Energy Department’s national laboratories.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
“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
Injury then gave Marcus Smith the chance to supplant Ford in the pecking order on the 2024 tour of New Zealand, before Fin Smith emerged in last year's Six Nations.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
It does not occur to him that they might supplant them.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing supplant
The Tempest
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"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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