Example Sentences

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The war even seems to have supplanted the rise of artificial intelligence as Wall Street’s top cause for concern.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

These monsters have supplanted coal generators as the workhorses of the U.S. power grid because they are more efficient, less polluting and more flexible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

"In large swathes of these areas, armed gangs have supplanted both the government and traditional rulers as the de facto authority," Dr Vines explained.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024

Those checks have been made even easier by the growth of national drug chains, which have supplanted the mom-and-pop drugstores that used to be common in America.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Arsenical compounds have supplanted practically all other substances used to combat external biting insects.

From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.