Thesaurus results for USURPED

usurped

verb

past tense of usurp

as in seized

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right the mayor usurped the school board's authority when he fired the principal

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Recent Examples of usurped But streaming has usurped DVR use as a way to watch TV after the fact and is now the path to big audiences for network shows. —

Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026 The lawsuit claims the executive order is unlawful and unconstitutional, specifically that DeSantis has usurped the exclusive authority of the federal government to identify and designate terrorist organizations. —

ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026 And by the time American Jack Hughes scored the overtime winner to seal Team USA’s 2-1 win and first men’s hockey gold since the Miracle on Ice in 1980, any morning grumblings were usurped by a surge of coast-to-coast jubilation. —

Devon Henderson, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026 Many printers and news businesses were created, usurped or exchanged hands frequently during the 1910s era. —

Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026 Look at how Taco Tuesday is circling the drain because the tariffs of President TrumpAlwaysChickensOut have usurped every other day of the week. —

Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026 But the Blue Devils have been usurped by Long Island, as the Sharks have raced out to a 10-1 start in the league. —

Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026 Whatever preference the players have not to grow the schedule is usurped by their priority to grow their wallet. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026 And though preseason predictions pegged Marty Supreme as Gwyneth Paltrow’s big Oscar comeback, Odessa A’zion’s performance as a girlfriend with gumption has usurped the Goopster’s buzz. —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for usurped

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The President has seized upon the claim by right-wing groups that white South Africans, particularly farmers, are victims of an ongoing genocide.

— Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Deputies seized about 29 grams of methamphetamine, ammunition, high-capacity magazines, a machine gun conversion device and guns.

— Ryan Oehrli March 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026