Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervenes
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The story follows an animal lover named Mabel, whose mind is transferred into a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with fellow creatures and save their habitat from destruction.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026 -
And Then Everything Turned Itself Inside Out follows Lázaro, who aware that birthmarks can reveal past lives, must decide whether to uncover the origin of the mark on the back of his neck.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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If that argument succeeds, then whether the defendant followed or broke the laws at issue in the lawsuit no longer matters.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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That celebrities are now luxury brand ambassadors and sit front row at fashion shows, after all, is a development of a generation that succeeds him, but that doesn’t mean that Skarsgård is counting himself out.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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This formula replaces single-use hygiene wipes, preventing more than 5 million of them ending up in landfill.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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When these experiences are engineered out of systems in the name of efficiency, dependence replaces discernment.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Supervenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenes. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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