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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
supplant .
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Examples
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The new moniker supplants "Oshkosh: On the Water" with a brand that those involved in the research, development and execution of the marketing strategy believe highlight's the city's strengths to potential visitors and can counteract negative internal perceptions research showed residents have of their home community.
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Nowadays, no one demurs when the shorter form of a word supplants the original.
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The only way to answer a false narrative is to develop a true one, to promote it heavily, and to wait until events make the alternate narrative so broadly self-evident that it supplants the old one.
What Obama Should Say to the Muslim World James K. Glassman 2011
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Anthropologist James Fraser proposed that scientific prediction and control of nature supplants religion as a means of controlling uncertainty in our lives.
Nigel Barber: Why Atheism Replaces Religion In Developed Countries Nigel Barber 2011
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•Seattle Seahawks: The top priority, Russell Okung, supplants retiring Walter Jones as the franchise left tackle.
NFL draft grades: Raiders finally have a reason to believe 2010
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Obama decries any thought that the civil rights movement is outdated and that he supplants the ongoing work of civil rights leaders.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: President Obama Still Can Seize King's Racial Dream High Ground Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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In recent years, the company has found it difficult to lure readers and advertisers as the Internet supplants print as the top purveyor of adult content.
Hefner Taking Playboy Private AP 2011
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A complex life with complicated activities, relationships and commitments implies a reflexive busy-ness that supplants true thinking and feeling with knee-jerk reactions.
Arthur Rosenfeld: The Simple Life Arthur Rosenfeld 2012
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In recent years, the company has found it difficult to lure readers and advertisers as the Internet supplants print as the top purveyor of adult content.
Hefner Taking Playboy Private AP 2011
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A complex life with complicated activities, relationships and commitments implies a reflexive busy-ness that supplants true thinking and feeling with knee-jerk reactions.
Arthur Rosenfeld: The Simple Life Arthur Rosenfeld 2012
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