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Recent Examples of supersede
One point in the lawsuit argues that federal law supersedes state law in this arena.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Sassoon was partly responsible for handling the superseding indictment in February, adding two additional victims to the case.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 July 2025
Linda Sun, former deputy chief diversity officer for the New York governor's office, and her husband, Chris Hu, 40, were named in a superseding indictment accusing them of steering $35 million in state contracts to two PPE vendors run by a cousin and Hu.
—Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
Some countries have specific legislation that supersedes private contractual arrangements, effectively nullifying termination clauses regardless of the circumstances that trigger them.
—Mohaimina Haque, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Sassoon was partly responsible for handling the superseding indictment in February, adding two additional victims to the case.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 July 2025
Linda Sun, former deputy chief diversity officer for the New York governor's office, and her husband, Chris Hu, 40, were named in a superseding indictment accusing them of steering $35 million in state contracts to two PPE vendors run by a cousin and Hu.
—Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
Some countries have specific legislation that supersedes private contractual arrangements, effectively nullifying termination clauses regardless of the circumstances that trigger them.
—Mohaimina Haque, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersede
replace
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The open outcry trading and hand signals depicted in Trading Places and Wall Street have been replaced by streamlined digital trading experiences on global exchanges.—
Harry Temkin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Wiles replaces Marc Bridge-Wilkinson in the role, who left at the end of last season after 10 years at the club and took up an assistant manager position at League One’s Huddersfield Town.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Supersede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersede. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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