superseders

noun

plural of superseder
as in successors

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  1. successors
  2. pinch hitters
  3. replacements
  4. substitutes
  5. subs
  6. backups
Noun
  • The Tigers also have won three national championships under two of Bertman's successors, most recently in 2025.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The unification of the Eurasian steppes under Genghis Khan and his successors—Ögödei, Möngke, and Kublai Khan—brought many of these trade routes under a single political authority for the first time.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of successors
Noun
  • Aroldis Chapman issued a pair of walks to pinch hitters Max Schuemann and Amed Rosario in the ninth before securing his 13th save.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 5 June 2026
  • Each hit a home run, making this the first time two American League pinch hitters hit home runs in the same game.
    — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Definition of pinch hitters
Noun
  • City have looked for replacements in the market and had considered Pedro Neto from Chelsea, but were put off by the price tag.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Since the dawn of the space age, spacecraft have been treated as disposable because salvaging them was too expensive—or too technically challenging—compared with the easier, cheaper task of launching fresh replacements.
    — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of replacements
Noun
  • Some of it starts with the social media substitutes and the smartphones that feel comfortable in our hands the way books used to feel.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • These systems are the most futuristic pieces of the renovation, but Korem presents them as additions to a much larger recovery program—not substitutes for foundational work.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of substitutes
Noun
  • In addition, such subs can be used for boring routine patrols or be sent into hostile environments without risking sailors or much more valuable platforms.
    — David Szondy August 17, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The last of the new subs isn’t due to join the fleet until 2038.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of subs
Noun
  • Sophomore Kevin Sperry and junior Malachi Marshall are the backups.
    — Andre C. Fernandez, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Among the areas covered by the new measures are backups, incident response, risk management and security assurance, with later phases requiring further testing of clubs’ ability to recover from cyber incidents.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of backups
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“Superseders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superseders. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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