usurp

For the most part, California has declined to usurp local governments’ power to decide what is built where, which has yielded relentless development of wildlands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

They are, er, not wholly convinced that there's a level playing field when the east coast is threatening to usurp a giant from the west.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

But I was just trying to find a way for Jonesy and Cookie to play — we weren’t thinking about trying to usurp Johnny or anything like that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Kingsbury, the Olympic champion from Pyeongchang 2018, produced a storming run to usurp the high-flying Horishima and take top spot with just Cooper to go.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

“Indeed. And now they’ve turned against him by threatening to usurp his dynasty. He’ll fight—you can count on it.”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

For one, outsourcing art selections to company execs usurps the role of museum curators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

They argue that it does not properly hold members of the Sackler family accountable and that it usurps states’ ability to try to do so.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

It usurps the previous record-holder, found in a 5,000-year-old Scandinavian mass grave associated with a possible plague epidemic.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021

Humbly, she understood that death sometimes usurps small liberties.

From Slate ● May 16, 2020

In some ways, she thinks he usurps what should be her role.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Hipsters war have now been usurped by a new stereotype: the tech bro.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Pro, released in March 2025, and Gemini 3.0 Pro, released in November 2025, enjoyed brief stints at the frontier until Anthropic’s Claude models usurped them, Schwarz said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Ultimately, society’s ingrained fear of missing out on making money will be usurped by the fear of losing money.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

The pre-Virgilian sources suggest that Dido’s brother, Pygmalion, killed her husband and usurped the throne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

José Arcadio continued to profit from the usurped lands, the title to which was recognized by the Conservative government.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Misinterpreting his ghostly prophecy—“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him”—the usurping Scottish king believed his reign was secure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Apple had previously drawn close to usurping Nvidia by market value earlier this month.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

"It would mean the court usurping and interfering with the decision of a locally elected chamber," the barrister added.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

Because birth rates around the globe have been on the decline for more than a decade, trends in pet primacy are regularly framed as usurping the rightful role of human children.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025

It would not do to make him feel as if his mother were usurping his place.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin