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supersede

[soo-per-seed] / ˌsu pərˈsid /


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Human judgment is going to supersede human expertise.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

But through the first week of this year’s event, a question has intruded on the spectacle: When does atmosphere start to supersede tennis?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 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

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

From Barron's Apr. 29, 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

But his legacy in our sport supersedes his results.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2025

I’m proud of those jokes because I felt like even though I am expressing a point of view I think the joke itself supersedes it.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

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

With the administration at Washington, the word of Mr. Farnham supersedes that of anybody else on the island.

From Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. by James Weldon Johnson

Parton was an icon whose music, philanthropy and authenticity superseded genre, class, sexuality, color and politics.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in part with the tobacco industry that the congressionally mandated surgeon general’s warning about cigarettes already superseded any state-based failure-to-warn claim.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

Our yearning to forget is superseded by our desire to understand why things are the way they are.

From Salon May 25, 2026

Equity wealth has superseded incomes from employment as the driver of spending, he says.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

“They made themselves my friends,” said I, “when they supposed me to have superseded them; and when Sarah Pocket, Miss Georgiana, and Mistress Camilla were not my friends, I think.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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, 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

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

At the same time Love is always changing and superseding laws and institutions by pressure of adjustment to the changing demands of individual and social well-being.

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by William De Witt Hyde




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