supersede
verb (used with object)
to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
have superseded
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present perfectof supersede.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But having made that sacrifice, I think giving Wright a 20-game NHL trial run — a full quarter season — once Alex Wennberg was traded should have superseded not burning that contract year.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
They also said that respect for Muslim students should not have superseded academic freedom.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
Numerous academics and free-speech groups rallied behind Ms. Lopez Prater after the school’s administrators condemned the lecture as “undeniably inconsiderate, disrespectful and Islamophobic,” declaring that respect for Muslim students “should have superseded academic freedom.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
Still, Moon got the point; his production should have superseded any qualifiers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2021
“They made themselves my friends,” said I, “when they supposed me to have superseded them; and when Sarah Pocket, Miss Georgiana, and Mistress Camilla were not my friends, I think.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
