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supplant

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


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Recall that business leaders spent years telling us that AI would assist human workers, not supplant them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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

Injury then gave Marcus Smith the chance to supplant Ford in the pecking order on the 2024 tour of New Zealand, before Fin Smith emerged in last year's Six Nations.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 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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