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supplantation

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Definition of supplantation

as in replacement

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The university admissions replacement system still has to be designed, and legal changes may be needed — leaving crucial decisions unresolved even as the government seeks to persuade students to end their protests.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Unsupported systems need replacement plans or documented interim controls.

— Aliasgar Dohadwala, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of replacement

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Displaced Filmmakers Need More Than a Platform War and displacement continue to shape filmmaking across the Arab world, affecting not only the stories reaching screens but the filmmakers trying to build careers.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026
Through loss, displacement, uncertainty and the sometimes unbearable weight of impermanence, people have endured.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of displacement

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Structuralism in practice Structuralist economic thought gained influence in the 1950s and early 1960s, as major countries such as Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina enacted policies aimed at import substitution industrialization (ISI).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
Expect more substitution too, especially if canned supplies tighten late in the season.

— Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of substitution

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Higher-frequency deformation patterns initially appeared around the ring before gradually merging into larger movements.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of deformation

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These accusations are utter nonsense, concocted from distortions, half-truths and lies.

— Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
The band frequently steers the poppy songwriting offroad by leaning into distortion and ambience, creating moments of both near-mania and hazy unease.

— Sue Park, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of distortion

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Hers is an art of transmutation, but one that never shies from showing you the pain it’s made from, at once hopeful and unflinching.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
In the act of telling, there is the potential for transmutation, the often (but not always) false promise of healing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Definition of transmutation

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But this begs the parallel question of what the current museum architecture arises from and reflects, and why the oceanic and the oligarchic logics of the museum’s reformation now travel together here.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Years after his dad’s reformation, Jonah sits on a bench at the Broncos’ practice facility in Dove Valley, gazing out at the green expanse of his future.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026

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