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supersede

[soo-per-seed] / ˌsu pərˈsid /


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Quantum computers will not supersede existing machines, as there are many tasks they are not suited to.

From BBC May 28, 2026

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

From Barron's Apr. 29, 2026

Those laws often allow the state’s housing agenda to supersede preferences of the municipality.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 18, 2026

Any beneficiary designations you have set up will supersede whatever is listed in a will.

From MarketWatch Jan. 14, 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

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro signed off on the new indictment unsealed on Tuesday, which supersedes the previous charges.

From BBC May 5, 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 first let me make you better acquainted with the gentleman who supersedes you.

From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang

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in part with the tobacco industry that the congressionally mandated surgeon general’s warning about cigarettes already superseded any state-based failure-to-warn claim.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Our yearning to forget is superseded by our desire to understand why things are the way they are.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

The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it’s incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2026

"The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we've superseded it by a lot," Trump said at Mar-a-Lago.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2026

He made his name with ragtime but this style, as we saw in the previous chapter, was in the early 1920s being superseded all over America by jazz.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

Before Chutkan set a briefing schedule, Smith obtained a superseding indictment, paring down the charges to remove allegations the Supreme Court held were absolutely immune.

From Slate Oct. 18, 2024

Emily Johnson initially said three weeks, but then cautioned that there could be a superseding indictment on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2024

Not by proving their inward incoherence does one refute philosophies—every human being is incoherent—but only by superseding them by other philosophies more satisfactory.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James




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