superseded

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Our yearning to forget is superseded by our desire to understand why things are the way they are.

From Salon • May 25, 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Guha, Marco Casiraghi and Gang Lyu refer to the continuous destruction of older occupations and industries that are superseded by more modern, innovative and productive models.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

Equity wealth has superseded incomes from employment as the driver of spending, he says.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Radio’s role as kingmaker was superseded, first by streaming services and then by TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Between Hutton’s day and Lyell’s there arose a new geological controversy, which largely superseded, but is often confused with, the old Neptunian-Plutonian dispute.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson