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to take the place of
that edition of the dictionary that you have has been superseded by a more recent one
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Recent Examples of superseded
The new settlement also superseded a 2018 judgment against the corporation.
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Republican lawmakers were in fact first to propose measures changing Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day, but those measures were superseded when the majority party leaders introduced their joint measure last week.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Their value rapidly decreases as they are superseded by the next generation of chips, meaning that the ultimate backstop for all of the data-center debt—selling the data center itself—is not actually a backstop.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
That arrangement seems to have been paused — superseded by the needs of the Gulf conflict.
—Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The need for Odighizuwa’s services no longer superseded what the team needed around him.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Thomas Edison previously attempted to improve this using nickel-iron chemistry to reach a 100-mile range, but the technology was ultimately superseded by internal combustion engines.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
Campbell also claimed that an IRS lien against his assets superseded the charging orders, but the existence of an IRS lien did not negate the charging orders.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
After the dealer convention, the bikes were considered superseded and were dispersed.
—Mike Hanlon
january 16, New Atlas, 16 Jan. 2026
Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Republican lawmakers were in fact first to propose measures changing Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day, but those measures were superseded when the majority party leaders introduced their joint measure last week.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Their value rapidly decreases as they are superseded by the next generation of chips, meaning that the ultimate backstop for all of the data-center debt—selling the data center itself—is not actually a backstop.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
That arrangement seems to have been paused — superseded by the needs of the Gulf conflict.
—Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The need for Odighizuwa’s services no longer superseded what the team needed around him.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Thomas Edison previously attempted to improve this using nickel-iron chemistry to reach a 100-mile range, but the technology was ultimately superseded by internal combustion engines.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
Campbell also claimed that an IRS lien against his assets superseded the charging orders, but the existence of an IRS lien did not negate the charging orders.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
After the dealer convention, the bikes were considered superseded and were dispersed.
—Mike Hanlon
january 16, New Atlas, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superseded
replaced
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Silseth replaced Joey Lucchesi with two on in the seventh and struck Rivas looking, Luke Raley swinging and got Raleigh to ground out to second.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Steel piers replaced wooden structures, and rigs reached farther from shore.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Superseded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superseded. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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