take the place of (someone or something)

idiom

: to replace (someone or something)

Who will take the place of the current pope?

Televisions began to take the place of radios in most families' homes.

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Recent Examples on the Web Last year, Alex Reisner reported in The Atlantic that more than 191,000 books had been absorbed into a data set called Books3, which was then used to train generative-AI large language models that may someday threaten to take the place of human writers. —

Rachel Khong, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2024 Eliminating Hamas’s leadership won’t necessarily debilitate the group, experts say, as Hamas lacks a single figurehead and there are many in line ready to take the place of those killed. —

Cate Brown, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024 The restaurant will take the place of the former Pomodoro’s Italian restaurant, next door to Citrus the Diner in the Natalie Commons Plaza. —

Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024 This data, which can take the place of scientific instruments, helped the group reconstruct temperature changes in the Caribbean waters for 300 years. —

Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2024 In order to leave the house with Lennie, Ashlee and Clint have to bring an oxygen tank — there are four lined up in the living room — to take the place of the home ventilator that pumps air into her lungs. —

Gina Kolata Kim Raff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024 Some tech experts, like Gizmodo’s Florence Ion, for one, believe smart rings could ultimately take the place of their bulkier, too expensive cousins: smartwatches. —

Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024 Fuller, who has a history with Evero, will take the place of Vonn Bell, who was unceremoniously released this month. —

Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024 Sauber will be taken over by Audi in 2026, but until then it’s brought in Kick, a video-streaming service backed by a casino company, to take the place of Alfa Romeo. —

Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024

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