Thesaurus results for SUPERSEDING

superseding

verb

present participle of supersede

as in replacing

to take the place of that edition of the dictionary that you have has been superseded by a more recent one

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Recent Examples of superseding So far, that hasn’t resulted in larger robots suddenly superseding humans at sports. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026 Ahmed, 42, and Suhail, 49, each were charged in the third superseding indictment with counts of wire fraud, embezzlement, kickback conspiracy and money laundering. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 The 30-page superseding indictment accuses the couple of overseeing a system of political repression that relied on Venezuela's military, intelligence agencies and security forces to torture their opponents, silence dissidents and maintain power. — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Maduro was charged by superseding indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit torture and Flores was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit torture and one count of narcoterrorism. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Two crews and a campaign of violence A superseding indictment, returned in July 2024, charged nine men with 17 counts. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 The superseding indictment was expected, and Cole was in court on Thursday for his arraignment, according to a court calendar. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026 In a superseding indictment filed in 2025, Michael Jarrett Jarrett and Davindra Ramanan were charged with stalking and other charges stemming from the July incident. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026 Earlier this month, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Thomas with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death and first-degree murder. — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

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Because light travels faster through glass than electric signals through copper, it’s long been theorized that replacing traditional cables in data centers with fiber optics equipment could speed computing and slow power consumption.

— Rob Pegoraro, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
This four-quarter program is replacing the School of Education’s existing six-quarter Master of Arts in education pathway.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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