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is supplanting
verb
To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
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Gradually, a more nurturing and supportive approach to substance users is supplanting the tough love approach.
In much of the Arab world, public opinion is supplanting the whims of malleable tyrants.
The legal or crime drama is supplanting the sitcom as the favored genre.
In a flurry of new Cinderella tales, that drama is supplanting continuous runway footage as the engine driving fashion entertainment.
Britain's party democracy is in its death throes; what is supplanting it is an unholy coalition of elites and cults.
In Asia, China is supplanting the United States as the principal trading partner for several countries, including South Korea.
Similar(22)
A shared enemy is supplanted by competing interests.
The early American context and perspective is supplanted by our modern, global, and diverse experience.
Now, though, the readerly text is supplanted by the writerly (p. 163).
What it will not do is supplant the utility of even the shortest-bed pickup truck.
In some cases, automotive-related businesses are supplanting the dealerships.
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