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supplant

verb

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To take the place of someone or something, often by displacing it.

The new guide will supplant the separate sheets that once described the process.
Dictionary practice example.
A member chosen through a weekly rota would supplant the founder as the person assigning tool-exchange duties once the initial trial ended.
From Organizing a New Service.
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