How to Use supplant in a Sentence

supplant

verb
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  • Language evolves, and new terms come along to supplant the old.
    — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The Colts are a bottom-half team this week and, in one case, supplant the Jaguars at the bottom of the league.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2020
  • To be clear, Arm is not going to supplant x86 in the server space.
    — Matt Kimball, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • And the very abundance of options works against any one of them supplanting X in the near term.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Leonard supplants Tyler Hansbrough as the first forward off the bench.
    — Nat Newell, Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2019
  • No one is ready to supplant him as the primary point guard.
    — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • With that deal, Crosby will have a chance to supplant Mario Lemieux atop the Penguins’ goal and points lists.
    — Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
  • But Fiers’ return this week did not supplant Irvin, at least right away.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Bonds had felt some angst about supplanting Mays on the all-time list, but Willie told him at the time not to worry about it.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 19 June 2024
  • But that wasn’t enough to supplant any of the seven other cornerbacks who made the Top 100 cut.
    — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Since when have the stony-hearted supplanted the starry-eyed?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
  • As the two frontrunners plod along, there's been a lot of action trying to supplant them.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Bliss said the intent for his videos was never to supplant a lecture or even be used in a classroom.
    — Sherry Liang, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The longer the war lasts, the more Putin will look for opportunities to undermine and supplant the West.
    — Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2023
  • How does McLaren catch up to Red Bull and supplant them as champions next season?
    — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Threads’ explosive launch seemed to set it up to supplant Twitter’s reign.
    — WIRED, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Vaccines have sometimes been billed as an option to supplant the nuisance of masks.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 22 July 2021
  • In theory, all eight of the people on stage shared a common goal of supplanting Trump.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In recent years, many have seen their work scooped into AI models, which can be used to supplant their jobs.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The musical is unlikely to supplant anyone’s love for the film.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The Malay language was then supplanted by Cape Dutch, a precursor to Afrikaans.
    — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The 1-technique defensive tackle could supplant Josh Tupou at the No. 2 spot.
    — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • But, inevitably, it will be supplanted by a new means of expression, just as jazz was.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 28 June 2019
  • At the time, no one knew how long restaurants would be forced to supplant their revenue with to-go orders and outdoor dining.
    — Mark Remillard, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Skura was unable to supplant Michael Deiter for the first-team center spot.
    — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The decisions of the central bank are meant to support, not to supplant, the real economy.
    — Judy Shelton, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The project will supplant the 11-year-old Michigan Left turn that many drivers found confusing.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • By 1928, this pump house was supplanted by newer electric pumps on Hillen Road.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The Harvest Nation founders want to generate green economic growth and better health on the range, to supplant some of what must be trucked in most of the year.
    — Star Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • The argument goes that because there will never be more than 21 million bitcoins, the digital token is a stronger and more useful currency, which should and will supplant the dollar.
    — Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024

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