supersede

A mistake many people make, Bobby says, is thinking that really, really liking someone should supersede whatever challenges they might face.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the US actions will "supersede" the Canadian case, Wednesday's statement said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

Faced with such potential destabilisation, the government may have felt it needed the new law to supersede existing legal protections for minority rights, according to analysts.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

Those laws often allow the state’s housing agenda to supersede preferences of the municipality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026

Faction customs dictate even idle behavior and supersede individual preference.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

The indictment supersedes a previous indictment of Singamas Marketing Director Vick Nam Hing Ma, who was arrested in France last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Grandi argues that the logic behind “survival, not indulgence” supersedes any emotional connections tied to the food.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

Like all service members, he has an obligation to the Constitution and the rule of law that supersedes following the orders of superiors.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2025

District Judge Reggie B. Walton, supersedes claims of American ownership and paves the way for the emerald to return to Brazil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

One clear note of this representative character is that he absorbs and supersedes so much of what went before him, and that he anticipates and also supersedes much that came after him.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar

Liggett Group LLC, where the court agreed in part with the tobacco industry that the congressionally mandated surgeon general’s warning about cigarettes already superseded any state-based failure-to-warn claim.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Our yearning to forget is superseded by our desire to understand why things are the way they are.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

Church scorned French Impressionism as slapdash, and Ms. Johnson suggests that his work became less popular simply because it was superseded by a more innovative style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Tuesday's ruling then superseded this and became a final decision on the hotel's operation.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

That is, they still used stone tools similar to those superseded in Europe by metal tools thousands of years ago, and they dwelt in villages not organized under any centralized political authority.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Pogacar's victory means he is positioned by many as the greatest cyclist of all time, superseding the achievements and status of Belgian legend Merckx.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The plasticity of digital information is superseding earlier modes of expression and expertise, as the printing press did the scribe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Sassoon’s letter also reveals that her office was preparing a superseding indictment adding an “obstruction conspiracy count” to the charges against Adams.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2025

He will be arraigned on the superseding indictment in the coming days or weeks, according the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

The Mendicant Orders were already a sufficiently dangerous factor, and now came these new inquisitors, armed with papal commissions, superseding their time-honored jurisdiction in every spot within their dioceses.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea