take the place of (someone or something)
idiom
Examples of take the place of (someone or something) in a Sentence
Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
Resembling a lasagna—yes, the plantains take the place of the pasta—this layered dish is only something Caribbean people could have created.
—Zayda Rivera, Parents, 30 May 2024
The restaurant will take the place of RYMKS, an international soul food restaurant scheduled to shut down after a final day of service on May 19.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
Still, there’s no clear executive to take the place of Musk, who’s widely seen as the driver behind its transformation from a scrappy Silicon Valley startup to the world’s most valuable automaker.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
But when beckoned by a staffer to take the place of one clumsy media buyer who’d just been figuratively killed by a replica of the series’ robot doll, Young-hee, this reporter demurred.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
Stand-in actors take the place of the principal actor as the crew adjusts camera angles and lighting setups
All casting notices can be found and applied for through MyCastingFile.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
Last year, Alex Reisner reported in The Atlantic that more than 191,000 books had been absorbed into a data set called Books3, which was then used to train generative-AI large language models that may someday threaten to take the place of human writers.
—Rachel Khong, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2024
Eliminating Hamas’s leadership won’t necessarily debilitate the group, experts say, as Hamas lacks a single figurehead and there are many in line ready to take the place of those killed.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'take the place of (someone or something).' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near take the place of (someone or something)
take the place of (someone or something)
Cite this Entry
“Take the place of (someone or something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20the%20place%20of%20%28someone%20or%20something%29. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
Copy Citation
Share