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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

“This assistance does not supplant the judicial officer’s independent role in decision-making.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

“We don’t know how they were doing business—and now we want to come in and supplant them as the new vampires sucking out wealth,” Naranjo said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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

Georges Laforgue is still on the Literature and Languages faculty at Hampden, where his enemies have still not managed to supplant him.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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