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supplant

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


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The goal, he says, is to supplant independent academic research with “an entire system of pseudoscience and grift.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

City leaders hope F&M Bank Amphitheater of Long Beach, located next to the famed Queen Mary, will supplant declining revenues from oil extraction and lead to an uptick in tourism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

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

Some experts and rights activists say the new ethnic-unity law passed Thursday will effectively supplant 1980s legislation that mandated some autonomy for regions with large ethnic-minority populations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

In this way, Goddard’s voice began to supplant his own internal moderator.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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