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superseded

verb

past tense of supersede

as in replaced

to take the place of that edition of the dictionary that you have has been superseded by a more recent one

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Recent Examples of superseded However, such designs may now be superseded by austere sites that allow agents to act efficiently on our behalf. — George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Parton was an icon whose music, philanthropy and authenticity superseded genre, class, sexuality, color and politics. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 That alert has since been superseded by another alert and is no longer active, according to the emergency notification. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Ellison's interest ultimately spurred a formal sale process that superseded a plan by WBD to split in two. — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 The government raised the increment from 5 percent following labor unrest and said the higher rate would continue until it was revalued or superseded by a new minimum wage. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026 Returning to it means rebuilding parts of an industrial and maintenance ecosystem that has been superseded by the newer system. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026 Artificial Intelligence will require more memory than the iPhone 17 offers, and it will be rapidly superseded, likely by April, with the iPhone 18 launch. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 Rather than implementing the judgment, the city argued the parties’ new collective bargaining agreement superseded parts of the arbitration award because it was negotiated after the arbitrator issued his decision. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

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Driven out the Stoxx 50 German autos giant VW could be pushed out of the Euro Stoxx 50 later this month and be replaced by a resurgent Nokia.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Conversations began months ago, after Jolly took over as the Angels’ president and replaced longtime executive and ally John Carpino in April.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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