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There’s also some evidence that artificial intelligence is supplanting some jobs.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

The introduction of a new technology into society has a blowback effect on the ones it is supplanting, said Brian Ott, a professor of communication and media at Missouri State University.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

New research suggests chicken DNA is supplanting wild genomes of local red junglefowl.

From Scientific American • Apr. 8, 2023

The hybrid is more cold tolerant, and is supplanting its parent species in some regions.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

The reeling of silk cocoons by steam-machinery is supplanting native methods.

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