supplant
Example Sentences
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As those EVs gain market share abroad, Chinese software and AI may supplant U.S. rivals as the global standard.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“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
Others raised concerns that the Board of Peace is a U.S. effort to supplant the U.N.—a charge that administration officials deny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 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
Vocabulary lists containing supplant
The Tempest
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"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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