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- verb Present participle of
supercede : common misspelling ofsuperseding .
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Examples
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DORNIN: I mean, they're saying there's an absolute deadline, but the real deadline is that on Monday, another grand jury is meeting in Richmond, and they may come up with what they call superceding indictment, which may involve more charges that could involve gambling and racketeering and that sort of thing.
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DORNIN: ... what they're talking about next week is the possibility of a grand jury coming up with what they call a superceding indictment, which would involve racketeering charges.
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The story of Tai Lake is a story of high-level promises and lower-level reneging, of economic interests superceding environmental ones.
Pollution in China's Tai Lake worse despite national push for environmentalism William Wan 2010
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The story of Tai Lake is a story of high-level promises and lower-level reneging, of economic interests superceding environmental ones.
The tale of Tai Lake William Wan 2010
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And because it's not indexed to inflation, it is gradually superceding the regular tax code.
Alternative Minimum Tax Puzzle, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The Marshall OP-ED argues that such a Convention would likely create chaos in terms of how it would operate and what would be the ultimate outcome of the body's proposals in terms of the process and possibilities of their superceding current provision of the Constitution.
Weak tea: GOP conservative suggests the Tea Party may be a Chinese knockoff 2010
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Mr. Obama deserves praise for superceding his Secretary of State, who seems to rate the influence and moral weight of the U.S. on a par with that of Vanuatu.
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In addition to alleging Shukrijumah's operational role, the superceding indictment returned in the Eastern District of New York identified five other suspects tied to the plot, led by Colorado airport shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi, to set off suicide bombs in New York's transit system.
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There is nothing technically stopping Congress from superceding this year's deeming resolution, but it would be unprecedented.
Research Desk investigates: Could Congress still enable reconciliation for next year? 2010
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If necessary, the indictment can be limited initially to only a few counts of wrongdoing, with additional charges filed later in a superceding indictment.
Fitzgerald’s Legal Strategy - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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