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Recent Examples of supersedes The first principle, affording everybody equal basic rights and liberties, supersedes everything else and should be anchored in the nation’s constitution. —
George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026 Technique often supersedes feeling, though. —Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026 Murphy’s ruling last month was a final ruling on the matter, which supersedes the preliminary injunction that was lifted by the Supreme Court. —Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2026 Sherman’s naïve insistence that the UN Charter, as a treaty obligation, supersedes anything the General Assembly or Security Council may do is a tragic joke. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026 And in the modern NBA, brand loyalty often supersedes product quality. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026 Scanning deeper, Toberoff discovered a provision in the Writers Guild collective bargaining agreement that says writers who create original TV series automatically retain certain rights—including film rights—that supersedes any other agreement. —Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 But their deployment, marauding the streets of American communities, operating with military posture and lethal force, supersedes that mission and strikes at the heart of constitutional governance. —Larry Pino, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026 The practice of fascism supersedes its ideas, which is why people affected and diminished by it are not all that interested in a marketplace of ideas in which fascists have prime purchasing power. —Aleksandar Hemon, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026 Technique often supersedes feeling, though. —Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026 Murphy’s ruling last month was a final ruling on the matter, which supersedes the preliminary injunction that was lifted by the Supreme Court. —Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2026 Sherman’s naïve insistence that the UN Charter, as a treaty obligation, supersedes anything the General Assembly or Security Council may do is a tragic joke. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026 And in the modern NBA, brand loyalty often supersedes product quality. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026 Scanning deeper, Toberoff discovered a provision in the Writers Guild collective bargaining agreement that says writers who create original TV series automatically retain certain rights—including film rights—that supersedes any other agreement. —Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 But their deployment, marauding the streets of American communities, operating with military posture and lethal force, supersedes that mission and strikes at the heart of constitutional governance. —Larry Pino, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026 The practice of fascism supersedes its ideas, which is why people affected and diminished by it are not all that interested in a marketplace of ideas in which fascists have prime purchasing power. —Aleksandar Hemon, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersedes
replaces
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The neutrino laser adapts this idea but replaces photons with neutrinos.— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
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The room replaces the former cinema room.— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
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