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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  • The strikes ended when the WGA reached an agreement with the AMPTP in September 2023, followed by SAG-AFTRA that November.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Frank followed the exact same path with Brentford but, crucially, was the club’s first-choice following Postecoglou’s dismissal two weeks after winning the Europa League final.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • Dev Ittycheria will be replaced by Cloudflare vet Chirantan Desai.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The Bridge Payments program replaced the pandemic-era Child Care Counts program, which offered providers monthly stabilization payments to help cover staff wages and other operating costs.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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  • The Sheinbaum administration has not really succeeded in getting a grip on security and violence in Michoacán, said Bill Booth, a lecturer in Latin American History at University College London.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • California’s redistricting ballot measure succeeded among voters statewide.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Supervened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervened. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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