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Recent Examples of supersede
The Justice Department unsealed a superseding indictment against Venezuela's president and his wife, adding to previous indictments from 2020.
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Carrie Kahn, NPR, 3 Jan. 2026
Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, a political figure in her own right, was named alongside the president’s son, Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, in a superseding indictment unsealed Saturday in federal court in Manhattan.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
In other countries with levies and similar diktats, streamers have shown caution, but their local ambitions may supersede reservations – Australia has provided hits such as The Artful Dodger, Colin From Accounts and The Newsreader in recent years.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
In March 1943, an order from the adjutant general’s office superseded this directive.
—Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersede
replace
Verb
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That includes money to replace a lot of wood that rotted away due to holes in the roof and walls.—
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Jon Lester, replaced with Price, for example.—
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“Supersede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersede. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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