superseded

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Our yearning to forget is superseded by our desire to understand why things are the way they are.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Tokyo has doubled down on government support for semiconductor technology, an industry Japan used to lead before being superseded by rivals such as Taiwan and South Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

By “Schumpeterian creative destruction,” Evercore authors Krishna Guha, Marco Casiraghi and Gang Lyu refer to the continuous destruction of older occupations and industries that are superseded by more modern, innovative and productive models.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Equity wealth has superseded incomes from employment as the driver of spending, he says.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

At the one extreme, the Tasmanians continued to use stone tools superseded tens of thousands of years earlier in Europe and replaced in most of mainland Australia too.

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