SUPERVENES Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

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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The story follows two middle-aged people revisiting a relationship from more than two decades earlier, exploring regret and the possibility of moving on.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026
For the Omaha Beach landing and the war that follows, Kaminski set out to make combat look like frontline footage rather than a Hollywood spectacle.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026

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Feingold succeeds David Jefferson, Executive Vice President, Communications, who has accepted the company’s voluntary early retirement offer after 15 years with Disney.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026
In reality, state intervention in markets can depress overall productivity and workers can see flat wages even when China succeeds at promoting advanced industries.

— Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026

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The conversion replaces the vessel’s fishing and processing equipment with remote-control systems, autonomous technologies and military mission equipment.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
Refinancing replaces one existing loan with a new loan with better terms, such as a lower interest rate or a different repayment length.

— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

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