supervened

verb

past tense of supervene
as in followed
to come after in time it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervened
  1. followed
  2. replaced
  3. succeeded
Verb
  • Na planned it as an hour-long walk through his process, followed by half an hour of audience questions.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • That will be followed by North Asia, the United Arab Emirates and Australia in March 2027.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of followed
Verb
  • And the club never replaced the synergy provided by Angel Zerpa, Taylor Clarke, Evan Sisk and Jonathan Bowlan among others.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Both want Ukraine’s president to be replaced with someone who will agree a quick deal.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of replaced
Verb
  • The shallow cultural footprint of these titles, at least two of which succeeded critically and/or financially, testifies to comedy’s waning as a cinematic form.
    — Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Washington has fought back hard against this effort, and has recently succeeded at helping tankers pass through the chokepoint.
    — Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of succeeded
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“Supervened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervened. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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