How to Use supersede in a Sentence

supersede

verb
  • This edition supersedes the previous one.
  • Former stars were being superseded by younger actors.
  • The evening sale will be superseded at some stage.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But all of this can be superseded by the pot the plant is in.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2026
  • Very few could supersede Kaprizov in that role.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Or does the position supersede the best player on the board at that time?
    — Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The beaches and small towns that equal or supersede the beauty of anywhere else in the world.
    — New York Times, 31 Oct. 2020
  • This agreement would supersede any sale and be tied to the land itself rather than its owner.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Many issues are at play, but none supersede the long game owners are playing.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Now they were being superseded—deposed by the colony—within a year or two.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Our lives on the shows supersede their own lives, become part of their daily living.
    — Victoria Edel, People.com, 10 May 2025
  • Who paid for the fence does matter—but that should never supersede your good manners.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
  • And the thwack, the sound of the glove pummeling the boxing pad, supersedes the pain.
    — Abby Ellin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
  • But the health and safety of the athletes supersede that desire.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • In those instances does the former have to supersede the latter?
    — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 30 July 2021
  • There are heist films, and then there are films that supersede the genre by virtue of their sheer comic invention.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The need for Odighizuwa’s services no longer superseded what the team needed around him.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That part of our relationship is over but has been superseded by a deeper love.
    — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The jury votes will be tallied, which may or may not completely supersede the televote.
    — Glen Weldon, NPR, 9 May 2024
  • Work shouldn’t supersede our care for our bodies and the respect of others’ bodies around us.
    — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
  • But Mata’s promise could not supersede the hurdles of the last two years.
    — Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022
  • This role as narrator was superseded by Chani in the first film, but now the princess has arrived.
    — EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
  • That arrangement seems to have been paused — superseded by the needs of the Gulf conflict.
    — Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • All of which is to say, blood ties supersede an individual’s rights.
    — Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • President Biden's rule clashes with those laws and claimed to supersede them.
    — CBS News, 13 June 2024
  • But the thought of returning to the pitch for the first time in a year supersedes any inconvenience.
    — Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2023
  • One group’s right to protest does not supersede the right of others to participate in a joyous event.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The latest charges come in the third superseding indictment against him.
    — NBC News, 8 June 2018
  • Those kinds of things are the benefits of fishing that far supersede just how many trout or salmon or bonefish one catches.
    — Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2020
  • But the needs of the children released from the detention centers superseded all else.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018

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