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
George Furbank was expected to come in at full-back, but instead Marcus Smith and Elliot Daly are thought to be in the running to supplant Freddie Steward.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
The games aim to complement human life and imagination, Ms. MacDonald suggests, not supplant them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Salesforce rose 4% after reporting a better-than-expected quarter and announcing a large share buyback, easing fears that AI would supplant its core business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
But that advantage alone doesn’t fully explain how initially so few European immigrants came to supplant so much of the native population of the Americas and some other parts of the world.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing supplant
The Tempest
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"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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