supersede
verb (used with object)
to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
were superseding
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past progressiveof supersede.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But they had acted half unconsciously, or had even at times themselves attempted to copy the very style which they were superseding.
From Wordsworth by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
We found, however, that the proprietors had discovered that there were more profitable means of employing their ground and labour, and that cacao plantations were superseding them.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
The system of moulding whole vases or ornamenting them with designs in relief taken from moulds really belongs to the decadence of the art, when imitations of metal were superseding the painted pottery.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
They had ruled in a benevolently autocratic way throughout the years, and one would almost imagine that they would have looked askance at the scarlet-coated men who were representing the powers that were superseding them.
From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by R. G. (Roderick George) MacBeth
