supervenes

Definition of supervenesnext
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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Verb
  • One man who became obsessed with Garfield after his 1880 speech was the eccentric Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen), and the series follows his attempts to get a job in the administration.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The film follows Lucy, a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker who finds herself in a love triangle with one of her clients, an investment banker (Pascal), and her ex (Evans), a scrappy, struggling actor.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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  • Reis succeeds Phil Boggs, who has served in multiple finance leadership roles over the past 16 years.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Using virtual reality gear, the teleoperator trains Atlas to do a specific task, repeating it multiple times until the robot succeeds.
    Will Croxton, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Seaweed replaces plastic Traditional recycling doesn’t work for medical devices.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This action removes or replaces your unique ID so apps and advertisers can no longer use it for personalized ad tracking.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Supervenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenes. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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