Thesaurus results for SUPPLANTED

supplanted

verb

past tense of supplant

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 But over time, people’s loyalty to online brands may be supplanted by the efficacy of their interfaces for agents. — George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis Written by Greece’s former finance minister, Technofeudalism argues that capitalism hasn’t merely become monopolistic; it has been supplanted by a whole new economic order. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 But Rogers supplanted him during the second team period and the Raiders continued to alternate them for the rest of practice. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Lionfish supplanted indigenous stocks like the red mullet to the dismay of fishers, who have seen local varieties popular with customers greatly diminish. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 Romo called it one of the most important games of his career and used the most of that opportunity and supplanted Bledsoe by the end of the 2006 season and spent the next 10 seasons with the Cowboys until his 2016 retirement. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 Electricity replaced whale oil; automobiles supplanted horses; calculators replaced slide rules, and then spreadsheets replaced calculators. — Jessica Melugin, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026 Marathon-training regimens were the subject of office bonding; lunch-hour jogs supplanted a previous generation’s golf and Martinis as occasions for networking. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

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Driven out the Stoxx 50 German autos giant VW could be pushed out of the Euro Stoxx 50 later this month and be replaced by a resurgent Nokia.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Conversations began months ago, after Jolly took over as the Angels’ president and replaced longtime executive and ally John Carpino in April.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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However, such designs may now be superseded by austere sites that allow agents to act efficiently on our behalf.

— George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Parton was an icon whose music, philanthropy and authenticity superseded genre, class, sexuality, color and politics.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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