supervened

Definition of supervenednext
past tense of supervene
as in followed
to come after in time it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack

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  • The commissioner also acknowledged that the fines could conceivably be followed by the revocation of draft picks from tanking teams.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The commissioner also acknowledged the fines could be followed by the revocation of draft picks from tanking teams.
    Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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  • Those looks were replaced with expressions of exhaustion and defeat.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
  • That rhetoric has been replaced by a basic long-leash Republicanism — a shift that may be unsurprising with a dealmaker in the Oval Office, but has disappointed progressives and hardcore populists and sent legal sherpas scrambling to freshen their advice.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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  • That turned the deadline into a fire sale as the Bulls succeeded in moving every expiring contract except that of Zach Collins, who was essentially off the market because of lingering injuries.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • While the Heat over the years have succeeded with smaller guards, the majority of success stories with those of diminutive stature are those with stockier builds, such as Tim Hardaway, Goran Dragic, Kyle Lowry or even current bulldog Davion Mitchell.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Supervened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervened. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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