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to take the place of that edition of the dictionary that you have has been superseded by a more recent one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 On May 22, a grand jury in New Haven returned a second superseding indictment charging Louis, Davis and Williams with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, which carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 Rozier was first arrested and charged in October, but prosecutors filed a superseding indictment in May, adding two new charges. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 31 July 2026 The case Chutkan dismissed was itself a superseding indictment from August 2024 that enhanced and replaced the original criminal case, filed a year earlier. — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 30 July 2026 In his ruling Tuesday, Judge Fitzgerald said both sides should confer to come up with a subsequent trial date for Counts One and Six of the third superseding indictment. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026 Attorney Abbe Lowell entered the not guilty plea on behalf of the organization to a superseding indictment that adds details about the charges first announced in April. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 Coral Springs resident Kashou was charged by a superseding indictment earlier this month in the Northern District of Texas, along with several co-defendants, with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026 That charge — misprision of a felony — was filed in a superseding information Alvarez pleaded to, which followed the original indictment. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 The Afghan national accused of carrying out a deadly ambush-style shooting targeting National Guard members near the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all charges in a 17-count federal superseding indictment. — Bonny Chu , Jake Gibson, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026

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Watford dropped from 13th to 17th under Walter Mazzarri, and Southampton regressed two places after replacing Ronald Koeman with Claude Puel.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
For the industry, replacing the cryptography may be easier than deciding how to implement the migration.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

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