supervenes

verb

present tense third-person singular of supervene
as in follows
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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  1. follows
  2. succeeds
  3. replaces
Verb
  • The Mipcom presentation follows a May ruling by Spain’s Supreme Court concerning the game’s intellectual property rights.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • What follows is some of what Inspectors Ayerdis and Lopez found Monday.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of follows
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  • Larger, who joins from investment bank Lazard Frères, succeeds Paul Michon, who left Kering to join Renault Group as corporate communications director.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Long succeeds David Weigand, who will help with the transition.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of succeeds
Verb
  • At Moneypenny, smart technology supports rather than replaces human judgment, giving our teams the clarity to make confident decisions within clear guardrails.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Prospect Lake Clean Water Center, built under a public-private partnership, replaces Fiveash, a 1950s-era plant that has served Fort Lauderdale and surrounding communities for 73 years.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of replaces
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“Supervenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenes. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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