Example Sentences

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By 2026, these new-style poppies will have replaced the plastic and paper ones that we've been used to.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

There’s no way to know if it still will be a threat this winter — or if another mutant will have replaced it.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022

She anticipates that Australian meatpackers will have replaced almost all federal inspectors with company employees by the end of 2022.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2021

By 2019, crews will have replaced 37 expansion joints that connect sections of elevated freeway, replaced hundreds of broken concrete panels, and repaved on- and offramps.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2017

“The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh the West will have replaced the East, radiating the light of divine guidance.”

From Citadel of Faith by Shoghi Effendi