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supplant

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


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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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

These stocks were dented by investor concerns that new developments in artificial intelligence will supplant software.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

He wrote that Genie “cannot supplant end‑to‑end game production,” and the “AI-driven selloff creates enhanced buying opportunity.”

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 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