Thesaurus results for SUPPLANTING

supplanting

verb

present participle of supplant

as in replacing

to take the place of old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways

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Recent Examples of supplanting The film surpassed $500 million in North America in its first seven days, becoming the fastest title to reach that half-billion milestone by supplanting Endgame, which hit the threshold in eight days. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026 These are liquids that tend to elevate other herbal profiles; supplanting juniper as the star of the show. — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The event organizers were largely aligned with the White House, supplanting a bipartisan organization that was launched by Congress a decade ago. — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 The Media Player in Windows 11 is new, supplanting the older Groove app. — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026 Star Catcher envisions its power-node system as complementing nuclear generators rather than supplanting them, according to Rush. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 12 May 2026 While McMillan was on his way to Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, Jalen Coker was supplanting Legette as WR2. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 1 May 2026 Accounts run by male influencers like Andrew Tate, Andy Elliott, and Wes Watson were supplanting him. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Claude quickly surged to the top of the app store, supplanting OpenAI’s chatbot. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026

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Hardware stores typically stock repair and rewiring kits that make replacing worn parts easy.

— Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
Then, on July 20, the Legislature voted unanimously to remove Abarca as chair, replacing him with Legislator Donna Peyton.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

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On May 22, a grand jury in New Haven returned a second superseding indictment charging Louis, Davis and Williams with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, which carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Rozier was first arrested and charged in October, but prosecutors filed a superseding indictment in May, adding two new charges.

— Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 31 July 2026

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