supplanting

Example Sentences

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Supplanting the mountain’s four presidents were faces of the two men and executives at FirstEnergy and another utility.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Supplanting possums as the No. 1 roadkill sighting in 2010 has been: Blue Jays players honored retiring manager Cito Gaston by painting on mustaches for his final home game.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2010

Supplanting state dollars with tuition increases, he said, is exactly what state policymakers did coming out of this recession and the one in the early 2000s.

From Washington Post

Of his own lesson he would profit take, And plead at once an honourable love, Supplanting mine, less pure, reformed too late!

From The Love-chase by Morley, Henry