supersede

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County counsel Dawyn R. Harrison told the supervisors the ordinance “would most likely be challenged on the supremacy clause,” which holds that federal law supersedes state and local law.

From Los Angeles Times

“What do we do? Does freedom of worship supersede the right to life?”

From New York Times

A Constitutional amendment, which superseded any state laws with thresholds higher than age 18, was swiftly passed by Congress and ratified by three-quarters of states.

From Seattle Times

Instead, Boyle’s smug characters function within the new “shifting baseline” of climate change, where “a new normal … superseded the normal before it,” and everyone learns to live with a lot less.

From Los Angeles Times

But lack of a proper legislation to enforce the treaty means India's bankruptcy law will supersede lessors' repossession requests, lawyers said.

From Reuters