supervened

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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  • She was followed by her brother Frankie, who spoke with PEOPLE on the red carpet before the awards show.
    Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That blockbuster, which Alcaraz won after a Houdini escape, has been followed by two solid sequels.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • More Ethan Miller/Getty Images Niners Faithful have been calling for him to be replaced for a while.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • While machines can excel at data processing and pattern recognition, people bring unique strengths, including creativity, relationship management and even ethical judgment that cannot be comprehensively replaced by automation.
    M. Todd Abner, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • By Wednesday evening, the fire crew succeeded in containing 20% of the wildfire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Human intervention has helped to curb the effects on some of the most imperiled native species, and in some cases, even succeeded in recovery efforts, but the overarching threat of climate change persists.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Supervened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervened. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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