usurped
Example Sentences
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The later stages of the show highlight a few transitional designers whose work either shaped or anticipated the Midcentury Modernist movement that usurped Art Deco.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Spain's Alcaraz finally usurped his rival at the top of the rankings in September, ending Sinner's 65-week stint by winning the final Grand Slam of 2025 in New York.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
In claiming power to give France a new constitution, Mr. Hardman notes, the assembly “had usurped the rights of the people as well as the king.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Between 2010 and 2020, medical debt usurped nonmedical debt as the largest source of Americans’ debt in collections, according to a study published in the National Library of Medicine.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024
José Arcadio continued to profit from the usurped lands, the title to which was recognized by the Conservative government.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
