Thesaurus results for DISPLANTING

displanting

verb

present participle of displant

as in replacing

to take the place of long ago displanted by the automobile, the horse and buggy have become icons of a slower, gentler time

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Australia answered our prayers, replacing the impressive Patrick Beach, who made an excellent save late in regulation to keep the scores level, with 34-year-old Mat Ryan in the final seconds of extra time.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Work is underway on a bridge in Caraballeda, where authorities are replacing guardrails, laying new asphalt and repairing expansion joints to restore safe travel conditions.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026

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Coral Springs resident Kashou was charged by a superseding indictment earlier this month in the Northern District of Texas, along with several co-defendants, with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
That charge — misprision of a felony — was filed in a superseding information Alvarez pleaded to, which followed the original indictment.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

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