supplant
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This principle holds that higher authorities should support rather than supplant the responsibilities of families, communities and intermediary associations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The message arrived at a moment of extreme anxiety in America corporations over how many jobs could be lost to AI’s powers to speed up and supplant much of white-collar work.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
“This assistance does not supplant the judicial officer’s independent role in decision-making.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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
Intensive postwar lobbying by truck manufacturers and armies finally convinced the public of its own needs and enabled trucks to begin to supplant horse-drawn wagons in industrialized countries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing supplant
The Tempest
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