Example Sentences

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They argue the Apple-OpenAI relationship gives ChatGPT an unfair advantage, even if Musk is gambling that eventually AI chats will usurp Apple’s ecosystem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Peter Kay is due to perform at the opening of the £350m Co-op Live venue, which will usurp the 21,000 capacity AO Arena to become the UK's largest indoor arena.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2024

She noted that, for the first time, digital budgets will usurp television in 2017, as reported by eMarketer in March.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2016

Enmity will usurp amity in the end, no doubt.

From Forbes • Mar. 13, 2015

No more!—I will usurp the royal seat; Thou, who hast made me wicked, make me great.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir