supplanted; supplanting; supplants
1
: to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery
Examples of supplant in a Sentence
old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways
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But look elsewhere and its burden is still terrible: TB killed more than 1.2 million people in 2023, likely making it once again the deadliest infection on Earth, after it was briefly supplanted by Covid-19 during the pandemic.
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Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 Mar. 2025
By then, digital technologies were supplanting not just the imbibition process but celluloid.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Initially this seemed like a boon, and people chattered excitedly about how a notes call with Netflix execs would not leave you with myriad non-negotiable changes — for a time its appeal supplanted the Promised Land of HBO.
—Alex Levy, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
Epidurals to ease labor weren’t really used in the delivery room until the 1940s; during the next couple of decades, the procedure gradually began to supplant other methods used to ease birthing pains.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 Mar. 2025
By then, digital technologies were supplanting not just the imbibition process but celluloid.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Initially this seemed like a boon, and people chattered excitedly about how a notes call with Netflix execs would not leave you with myriad non-negotiable changes — for a time its appeal supplanted the Promised Land of HBO.
—Alex Levy, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
Epidurals to ease labor weren’t really used in the delivery room until the 1940s; during the next couple of decades, the procedure gradually began to supplant other methods used to ease birthing pains.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for supplant
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“Supplant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supplant. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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supplant
verb
sup·plant
sə-ˈplant 
1
: to take the place of (another) especially by force or treachery
2
a
: to root out and supply a substitute for
b
: to gain the place of and serve as a substitute for especially by reason of superior excellence or power
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