Thesaurus results for SUPERSEDING

superseding

verb

present participle of supersede

as in replacing

to take the place of that edition of the dictionary that you have has been superseded by a more recent one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 superseding Days later, Beirich was charged in the second superseding indictment. — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 Johnson said that a grand jury approved a superseding indictment on Thursday. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 One big call was to yellow card Marco van Staden for cynical play on his tryline, superseding a high tackle by New Zealand captain Ardie Savea on Wiese. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors later filed a superseding indictment in May 2025 that added a new count of stalking, but removed references to Durk’s lyrics as evidence. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 On May 22, a grand jury in New Haven returned a second superseding indictment charging Louis, Davis and Williams with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, which carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 Rozier was first arrested and charged in October, but prosecutors filed a superseding indictment in May, adding two new charges. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 31 July 2026 The case Chutkan dismissed was itself a superseding indictment from August 2024 that enhanced and replaced the original criminal case, filed a year earlier. — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 30 July 2026 In his ruling Tuesday, Judge Fitzgerald said both sides should confer to come up with a subsequent trial date for Counts One and Six of the third superseding indictment. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026

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Dublin underdogs have won 75% of the past four openers, but four games are nowhere near enough to justify replacing the market estimate with that historical rate.

— Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Conservation efforts have included replacing cattle with free-ranging bison, restoring Rio Grande cutthroat trout habitat, and using prescribed fire and forest management to improve ecosystem health.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

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