supersedes

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District Judge Rodney Smith, a Trump appointee, said that the Epstein Files Transparency Act supersedes the normal bar on making the materials public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 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

The Webb certainly supersedes Hubble in every respect.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024

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

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 Johnson, James Weldon