superseded

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Before turning to literature, Wells had studied zoology, and though much of what he had learned has now been superseded, the view of race advanced in this book, for instance, has held up well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Futures are up early Friday but premarket action has often subsequently been superseded by geopolitical headlines this week–today could be a similar story.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Guha, Marco Casiraghi and Gang Lyu refer to the continuous destruction of older occupations and industries that are superseded by more modern, innovative and productive models.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The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it’s incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

However, as has been described in earlier chapters, the classical laws were superseded by quantum laws based on the uncertainty principle.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking