usurp
verb (used with object)
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right.
will usurp
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future tenseof usurp.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Defending champion Littler, who will usurp Luke Humphries at the top of the rankings if he reaches the final in Wolverhampton, averaged 105.18 in a 16-12 victory.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
They argue the Apple-OpenAI relationship gives ChatGPT an unfair advantage, even if Musk is gambling that eventually AI chats will usurp Apple’s ecosystem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
She noted that, for the first time, digital budgets will usurp television in 2017, as reported by eMarketer in March.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2016
Enmity will usurp amity in the end, no doubt.
From Forbes ● Mar. 13, 2015
The time will come when the illusory image will usurp the place of the just idea it has seemed to represent.
From The Buried Temple by Alfred Sutro
