The best replacement for xquery is xpath.

The best alternatives to xquery are rated as following:
★★★★★  xpath
★★★★  xslt
★★  openxml
★  linq to xml
  sql xml
  xslt osb
  openxml sql server
  sp_xml_preparedocument

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