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Recent Examples of supersedes
The grand jury indictment supersedes the criminal complaint and allows the criminal case to skip the preliminary hearing phase and move toward a trial.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
So the longevity of her dream somehow supersedes Julia’s dream?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Modifications to gravity, which add additional parameters but have failed to create a consistent picture that supersedes general relativity.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
In his book-length study, Transcendental Style in Film, Paul Schrader argues that for a film in the transcendental style, form supersedes content.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
The moral obligation to protect American lives ultimately supersedes diplomatic niceties about sovereignty, particularly when that sovereignty exists more in theory than in practice.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Republicans are fighting the laws in court, while also pushing for a federal law that supersedes the protection.
—The Hill, 9 Aug. 2025
That, noted city planning director David Snow, is the problem with yet another controversial new housing-development measure, the state’s Live Local law, which supersedes local height and density controls in the name of promoting construction of middle-class workforce housing.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
In a true meritocracy, where merit supersedes all else, the H-1B visa program shouldn’t be done by lottery or capped at a quota.
—Doug Melville, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
So the longevity of her dream somehow supersedes Julia’s dream?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Modifications to gravity, which add additional parameters but have failed to create a consistent picture that supersedes general relativity.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
In his book-length study, Transcendental Style in Film, Paul Schrader argues that for a film in the transcendental style, form supersedes content.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
The moral obligation to protect American lives ultimately supersedes diplomatic niceties about sovereignty, particularly when that sovereignty exists more in theory than in practice.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Republicans are fighting the laws in court, while also pushing for a federal law that supersedes the protection.
—The Hill, 9 Aug. 2025
That, noted city planning director David Snow, is the problem with yet another controversial new housing-development measure, the state’s Live Local law, which supersedes local height and density controls in the name of promoting construction of middle-class workforce housing.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
In a true meritocracy, where merit supersedes all else, the H-1B visa program shouldn’t be done by lottery or capped at a quota.
—Doug Melville, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersedes
replaces
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Glashow, most recently CEO of the BBC global media & streaming division, replaces Jane Rosenthal as head of the Tribeca Festival, the content division Tribeca Studios and the distribution label Tribeca Films and production company.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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When sleep changes, or when silence replaces conversation.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Supersedes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersedes. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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