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28 December, 13:39

It had a brief existence of only sixteen months and was supplanted by the transcontinental telegraph. based on the context, what does the word "supplanted" mean?

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  1. 28 December, 15:06
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    This "it" thing had a "brief" existence of just 16 months. The way it's referred to, it seems 16 months is not a long time for this to exist. Something much bigger, the transcontinental telegraph, came along.

    So "supplant" seems to mean "to replace, supersede, or surpass".
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