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supersede

[soo-per-seed] / ˌsu pərˈsid /


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But the new structure will supersede the "extremely narrow" rail-and-road Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge downstream on the Yalu River, said Lim Eul-chul, a North Korea expert at Kyungnam University.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Human judgment is going to supersede human expertise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

The grand-jury indictment unsealed on Friday carries state charges that supersede the previous charges announced by the county prosecutor last month.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

Her esteemed position in the community, with the church, and as someone who could speak almost unaccented English seemed to supersede her position as a woman.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

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

The Webb certainly supersedes Hubble in every respect.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2024

But that’s not how pop fandom of the highest order really works today, when blind obedience to one’s chosen icon supersedes all other considerations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024

This permission, which supersedes that of the temporal lords, is a fresh evidence of the papal pretensions, which we have already spoken of in the article on "Bull."

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

He added that as those benefits "have been phased out or superseded" he expected a "negligible number of applications" under SDC criterion next year.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Parton was an icon whose music, philanthropy and authenticity superseded genre, class, sexuality, color and politics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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in part with the tobacco industry that the congressionally mandated surgeon general’s warning about cigarettes already superseded any state-based failure-to-warn claim.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

The man had "withholding of removal", a legal protection that is weaker than asylum but in the past has superseded someone's deportation order, allowing them to live and work in the United States.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

However, as has been described in earlier chapters, the classical laws were superseded by quantum laws based on the uncertainty principle.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

In response, Chaudhry adjusted the priorities of his engineering team for about three months, with a focus on fixing critical and high-level vulnerabilities superseding the delivery of new functionality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

None of these proposals grapple with the full weight of how different our new era will be from the relatively placid one it is superseding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

Sassoon, who penned a remarkable letter of her own, said she had planned to file a superseding indictment against the mayor, adding on additional charges for conspiracy to obstruct justice.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2025

At present, however, it is generally conceded that the goods produced by it not only compete with the hand-machine products, but are already superseding the latter to some extent.

From Lace, Its Origin and History by Samuel L. Goldenberg


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