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as in superseded
to take the place of the old street lights were replaced by more energy-efficient models
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as in returned
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place took the fragile vase down to look at it and then gently replaced it on the shelf
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Recent Examples of replaced Vince Galante replaced former head of Jeep design Mark Allen in 2023. —
Morgan Korn, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026 After the first sunny spring day, Parisians have officially packed up their winter wardrobe and replaced knits and boots with breezy trench coats and elegant ballerina flats—a look the French are perhaps most famous for. —Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026 Teams deemed the valve needed to be replaced and the rocket needed to be rolled back from the pad to Boeing’s Vertical Integration Facility. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 Generally, mattresses should be replaced about every seven to eight years, certainly every 10, and sooner if your mattress has suffered a major accident of some sort. —Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026 At that point, they must be removed and replaced. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026 Connor Hellebuyck, who made his 20th start in the last 22 games, allowed five goals on 20 shots before being replaced for the third period. —CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 Steel piers replaced wooden structures, and rigs reached farther from shore. —Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 Even the train that transports visitors down a drift during tours had to be replaced with a similar vehicle. —Jay Gabler, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Morgan Korn, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026 After the first sunny spring day, Parisians have officially packed up their winter wardrobe and replaced knits and boots with breezy trench coats and elegant ballerina flats—a look the French are perhaps most famous for. —Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026 Teams deemed the valve needed to be replaced and the rocket needed to be rolled back from the pad to Boeing’s Vertical Integration Facility. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 Generally, mattresses should be replaced about every seven to eight years, certainly every 10, and sooner if your mattress has suffered a major accident of some sort. —Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026 At that point, they must be removed and replaced. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026 Connor Hellebuyck, who made his 20th start in the last 22 games, allowed five goals on 20 shots before being replaced for the third period. —CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 Steel piers replaced wooden structures, and rigs reached farther from shore. —Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 Even the train that transports visitors down a drift during tours had to be replaced with a similar vehicle. —Jay Gabler, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
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What if it eventually gets superseded by a fuller theory, just as quantum mechanics supplanted Newtonian physics a century ago?— Matt von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
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Snapchat would, in fact, be superseded as the political-comms fad du jour, but Democratic hand-wringing about the Party’s visibility in a fragmented attention economy has never gone out of style, and Swalwell has often been seen as an exemplar of how to be everywhere, all at once.— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
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When the boyfriend returned, Delgado-Cordoba got back in the driver’s seat and drove away with the woman still inside.— Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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Then all the old problems returned.— Dan Woike, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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The same applies to energy systems, which have been frequently targeted by Russian missile strikes but often quickly restored by the national emergency service.— Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
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The interior was also fully restored with rich, tan leather.— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Replaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/replaced. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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