superseded

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Futures are up early Friday but premarket action has often subsequently been superseded by geopolitical headlines this week–today could be a similar story.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

By “Schumpeterian creative destruction,” Evercore authors Krishna Guha, Marco Casiraghi and Gang Lyu refer to the continuous destruction of older occupations and industries that are superseded by more modern, innovative and productive models.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

"The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we've superseded it by a lot," Trump said at Mar-a-Lago.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Digital maps have long since superseded the types hung on walls; the phone in your hand can instantly pull up images of any point on land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

At the one extreme, the Tasmanians continued to use stone tools superseded tens of thousands of years earlier in Europe and replaced in most of mainland Australia too.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond