take the place of
Example Sentences
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Guitars take the place of shovels, as Henry now repays Carlos’ kindness by helping to save the land that Carlos assumes is ravaged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
He will take the place of current Fed governor Stephen Miran, currently the central bank's biggest supporter of cutting interest rates.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Again, demographics are a clue — this time within the professions, as there aren’t enough younger workers in the field to take the place of older ones as they retire.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
Mr. Cook’s film is relatively stingy in this regard—offering about five minutes of the Emersons’ final performance, of Schubert’s String Quintet—and struggles to determine what might meaningfully take the place of pure performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
“I suppose we’ve got to take the place of three of the black pieces. ...”
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
