supersede
Example Sentences
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The plasticity of digital information is superseding earlier modes of expression and expertise, as the printing press did the scribe.
County counsel Dawyn R. Harrison told the supervisors the ordinance “would most likely be challenged on the supremacy clause,” which holds that federal law supersedes state and local law.
From Los Angeles Times
Tuesday's ruling then superseded this and became a final decision on the hotel's operation.
From BBC
Digital maps have long since superseded the types hung on walls; the phone in your hand can instantly pull up images of any point on land.
It’s tempting to believe we can supersede that, but the fact is, we’re always going to be attempting to unpick the injustices that exist absolutely.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
