supplantation

noun

Definition of supplantationnext
as in replacement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplantation
  1. replacement
  2. displacement
  3. substitution
  4. deformation
  5. distortion
  6. transmutation
  7. reformation
  8. revision
Noun
  • Key stats Minnesota’s replacement LT Cam Robinson has allowed eight sacks in 10 games, and gave up nine pressures against the Lions in Week 18.
    Jacob Robinson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The Jewish Free Loan Association announced $2,000 no-interest loans that do not require guarantors for all Angelenos with emergency needs, such as replacement clothing and hotel stays.
    Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of replacement
Noun
  • Its statement framed the ambush as a response to Israel's ongoing military actions in Gaza and the West Bank, including the displacement of Palestinians and reported targeting of civilian infrastructure.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In response to their pending displacement, Soza and 185 of her fellow homeowners have filed a class-action lawsuit against CREI Holdings, the city of Sweetwater and Miami-Dade County.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of displacement
Noun
  • At the time of the first substitution, Holiday stood at the free-throw line ready to cut his team’s deficit to 18-13.
    Jay King, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But there is simply no substitution for the objective evidence of actual footage.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of substitution
Noun
  • In 2018, a team of French physicists developed a rudimentary mathematical model to describe the deformation of a common type of knit.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Causes of Friction Blisters Friction blisters on the feet are caused by three elements: the motion of bone, high friction force, and the repetition of shear stress, which is when a force causes the deformation of an object by creating slippage along a flat surface that is parallel to the force.
    Laura Schober, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of deformation
Noun
  • Works transposed into foreign languages—and cultures—inevitably suffer omissions and distortion.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The economic distortions created by centralized monetary policy, and the trillions in debt, inflationary pressures, and regulatory overreach that follow are not going away anytime soon.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of distortion
Noun
  • Prophecy is about just how dangerous women in STEM — that is, sorcery, transmutation, eugenics, and mothering — can be.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • In any case, whether by accident or by design, the transmutation of a vulgar old Jewface number into a civic hymn is hard to resist as metaphor—an emblem of minstrelsy’s fugitive movement through American life.
    Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
Definition of transmutation
Noun
  • The dissolution and subsequent reformation of safety teams at OpenAI demonstrates the ongoing debate about how best to approach AI safety governance.
    Sol Rashidi, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Whether that’s the debut of Jacob Fatu, the recent reformation of the OG Bloodline or Punk making a deal with Paul Heyman to help the babyface Bloodline at Survivor Series, the twists just keep on coming.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of reformation
Noun
  • The initial estimate for the final quarter of 2024 suggests a further contraction of 0.1 percent, though this figure remains subject to revision as more detailed data for December becomes available.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • However, job statistics for last year are expected to be revised down when annual revisions are reported in March.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of revision
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