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supersedes

verb as in take the place of; override

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Example Sentences

This was an egregious error, a product of a fast-moving media culture in which getting it first often supersedes getting it right.

The happy future, when flowers shall bloom around you, supersedes in your thoughts the vexatious present or the mournful past.

Another period of waiting, and Joe ordered: "Say, 'I've got a much better plan that supersedes the old.'"

But the religion of this place was of that kind which supersedes instead of improving humanity.

He published various books on his method of instruction, but that published in 1784 virtually supersedes all others.

There it is next to impossible; the universal chocolate supersedes it.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to supersedes, such as: annul, repudiate, supplant, usurp, overrule, and supplement.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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