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Among their findings: Weekend automobile rambles were replacing church attendance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

They were replacing some of the landscaping with gravel, a decision that made their home more fire-resistant and cut their insurance costs in half.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

"I spent three years in Uist and even in that short time English language nicknames were replacing traditional ones," said Mr Taylor.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

Observing that industrialists were replacing workers with automated machines, they rejected the arguments that this constituted "progress."

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2023

Another moment and the flooring would give no evidence of the secret that it held, for the queen and her bower-maidens were replacing it with all speed.

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)