Sentence examples for were supplanted from inspiring English sources

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were supplanted

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To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

  • Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

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The old close relations with Indians were supplanted by a policy of racial exclusion and arrogance.

"By the 1950's, hard-board dollhouses were supplanted by metal tin-tab dollhouses".

Autogiros proved too expensive and mechanically complex and were supplanted by conventional light aircraft.

Vinyl long-playing records and cassette tapes were supplanted by the compact disc.

In time, these were supplanted by commercial dyes and trade colours.

As the big tent was replaced by mainstream, both were supplanted by "the politics of inclusion" in the 1980's.

Their word was now superseded by Muhammad's, as their creeds were supplanted by this new one, Islam.

Crime rates would naturally fall as the worst excesses of neoliberal domination were supplanted by revolutionary solidarity, wouldn't they?

In the 20th century, buttons became primarily utilitarian, not decorative, and in many applications were supplanted by the zipper.

Later, these materials were supplanted by concrete, first in the ordinary mass form and later reinforced with steel.

Charmless business hotels and musty pensions were supplanted by trendy hotels like the Domine Bilbao and a Sheraton designed by the Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta.

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