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supplanting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | displacement |
| Type of | replacement, replacing |
| Derivation | supplant |
Examples of supplanting
supplanting
The 22-year-old is the youngest player to win the award, supplanting Wes Unseld.
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Indeed, Democrats may be supplanting Republicans as the grown-ups on this issue.
From the washingtonpost.com
That delights British winemakers, who dream of supplanting Bordeaux or champagne.
From the washingtonpost.com
Supplanting is where one bird moves in and displaces another from a perch-site.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At that time, the retailer said online shopping was supplanting phone orders.
From the sacbee.com
Dillon presided over or participated in repeated budget-supplanting gimmicks.
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He's also on the verge of supplanting Woods as the world's top-ranked golfer.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Yet supplanting an old governing philosophy is not the same as providing a new one.
From the economist.com
Football camps begin this week, finally supplanting talk of realignment and agents.
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- Take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
- (supplanting) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- To take the place of; to replace, to supersede; To uproot, to remove violently
- (Supplantation) replacement by reason of demonstrated superiority
- (Supplanting) The use of funds from this contract to fund activities that are already funded from another source, including local funding. ...
- Supplanting is defined as replacing state or local funds that otherwise would have been spent on law enforcement purposes with Federal COPS funds. You are prohibited from supplanting throughout the grant period. ...
- Relative to water supply, to replace or to add reused or reclaimed water to the water supply system. A conservation measure to prevent waste. surface casing: In water wells. ...
