supervenes

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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  • Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former Biden administration official, follows at 25%.
    James Ward, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • This follows a series of antitrust victories against the NCAA and power conferences that have upended a system long inhibiting players’ abilities to fully benefit from the wealth their talents generated.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • The biology itself, the metabolic state that determines whether a run succeeds or fails, has historically been only partially observable.
    Hamid Noori, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Kittelberger succeeds Kyla Ghirardello, Miss Bel Air 2025, and is the 16th consecutive title holder.
    Aegis, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2026
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  • Moreover, Starlink satellites have a useful life of only five years, meaning that the fleet has to be refreshed more often than the average American household replaces the family car, at untold expense in research and development and launches.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • Arbour, 79, replaces Mary Simon, who became Canada’s first Indigenous governor general in 2021.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026
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“Supervenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenes. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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