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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

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

Faction customs dictate even idle behavior and supersede individual preference.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

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

As the signs of intelligence which you have received are not verbal, but visible, sensible motions, as our own mutual understanding supersedes and transcends speech, so is it with the idea of our Order.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach

Stocks were choppy for months—but again recovered as dot.com mania swept through Wall Street and superseded concerns about the rise in borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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in part with the tobacco industry that the congressionally mandated surgeon general’s warning about cigarettes already superseded any state-based failure-to-warn claim.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The fund superseded the Household Support Fund which was set up in response to the cost of living crisis, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Equity wealth has superseded incomes from employment as the driver of spending, he says.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

All human claims to the landscape were superseded, made null and void by the snow.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

In a filing after midnight, the Justice Department sought to add the charge through what it called a superseding criminal complaint, without the typical review and signature of a judge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

There is no trace of the great Pauline doctrines of the conflict of flesh and spirit, the superseding of the dispensation of Law by the dispensation of Grace, the Adoption, the Redemption, the Inheritance.

From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon


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