supersede
verb (used with object)
to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
are superseding
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present progressiveof supersede.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Views of the Holy Land are superseding even the Holy Scriptures; and a pictorial Blackstone is teaching the ideas of the sucking lawyers how to shoot.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various
Elements of social control are superseding the "marriage broker" and the parental office in deciding what unions shall be allowed.
From The Family and it's Members by Anna Garlin Spencer
Ladies’ colleges, with professors for every branch of instruction, are superseding the old-fashioned seminary.
From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter
At certain large centres flour and rice mills have been erected and are superseding native methods of treating wheat and rice; at Canton there are sugar refineries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
Solid-wheel mills are superseding all others in this country, and are being exported largely to all parts of the world, in sizes from 10 to 30 feet in diameter.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
