as in replaced
to take the place of
old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways
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Recent Examples of supplanted
The Malay language was then supplanted by Cape Dutch, a precursor to Afrikaans.
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Dec. 2024
Nuclear has seemingly supplanted solar as tech’s go-to-source of clean energy, admittedly a dent to our thesis in Nextracker .
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Even after the measurements were supplanted by fingerprinting, anthropometry was an important part of criminology and surveillance.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
In an age when leadership has, in large part, been supplanted by leverage, vision supplanted by vociferousness, and teams supplanted by turmoil, Alfred Nobel’s inspiring story is worth paying attention to – and sustaining.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Since then, income taxes have largely supplanted that revenue.
—Cyrus Farivar, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
And while it's been supplanted in the line by the SQ40, in this instance the older camera actually comes with more features.
—Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
Of course, there are some that believe AM radio, which began broadcasting more than one century ago, has been supplanted by newer information technologies.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Today, however, both companies are bleeding subscribers, thanks to the way in which streaming has supplanted old-fashioned linear TV — and the way in which wireless internet has replaced satellite in much of rural America.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Dec. 2024
Nuclear has seemingly supplanted solar as tech’s go-to-source of clean energy, admittedly a dent to our thesis in Nextracker .
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Even after the measurements were supplanted by fingerprinting, anthropometry was an important part of criminology and surveillance.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
In an age when leadership has, in large part, been supplanted by leverage, vision supplanted by vociferousness, and teams supplanted by turmoil, Alfred Nobel’s inspiring story is worth paying attention to – and sustaining.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Since then, income taxes have largely supplanted that revenue.
—Cyrus Farivar, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
And while it's been supplanted in the line by the SQ40, in this instance the older camera actually comes with more features.
—Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
Of course, there are some that believe AM radio, which began broadcasting more than one century ago, has been supplanted by newer information technologies.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Today, however, both companies are bleeding subscribers, thanks to the way in which streaming has supplanted old-fashioned linear TV — and the way in which wireless internet has replaced satellite in much of rural America.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Supplanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplanted. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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