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Recent Examples of supervene
The reaction One aftereffect Stanley likely did not forecast was the supervening middle-school bullying.
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Feb. 2024
Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervene
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Three medical experts testified in January that Geyser was no longer a threat to the public following considerable progress.—
Doha Madani,
NBC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Sam Das, United States, 2024 A young trans woman is chased into a junkyard while being followed home late at night.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
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Its power plant was succeeded by the 4.2-liter engine, coupled with a (finally) all-synchro four-speed gearbox, which together, brought the E-Type up to date by 1965.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2025
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Related Stories The return-to-form album can typically succeed on the back of familiarity; day-one fans will always be chasing the high that an artist’s breakthrough once offered.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Customers are replacing orange juice with teas, sparkling water, sports drinks, energy drinks and other beverages that claim to be healthier or offer functional benefits like improved immune systems or energy levels, analysts say.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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According to the Mayo Clinic, a liver transplant is a surgery that removes a lier that no longer functions properly due to liver failure and replaces it with either a healthy liver from a deceased donor or a part of a healthy liver from a living donor.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Supervene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervene. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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