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    1. That certain societies encourage thoughtful expression(s) allowing the private concern(s) or interests of an individual to take precedence over their own generic interests should never supersede in whatever manner, however, the critical requirements of those societies


    2. That is to say; they strove to supersede conventional customs and practices with quasi-nihilistic manners whose unscrupulous rejection of conscientious values ultimately created a mix of (moral/spiritual) confusion whose legacy has unhappily become a distinguishing characteristic of today‘s youth


    3. representatives and supersede all collective bargaining agreements,”


    4. His demands supersede his gifts, his violence supersedes his love, his destruction is without boundary


    5. Believers, it’s supposed, can throw out their crucifixes and Bibles and other remnants of the Christianity that he claims to supersede


    6. All I know is, he is a Rabbi, and his powers supersede mine


    7. Death and torture supersede love as the byproducts of a people's devotion to this god, this government, this economy


    8. When personisms' rights supersede a person's rights, then the incorporated has replaced the individual as the basic unit of humanlike beingness


    9. supersede his love of family


    10. supersede unnecessary sacrifice and that the spirit of the law

    11. cooperation, this is an excellent illustration of a domain wherein solidarity should supersede


    12. As the head of the house my instructions supersede all the other’s except of course God’s


    13. Until money-profit-tool values supersede all human values, all human needs, all human concerns…


    14. It is the story of how church tradition and the teaching of the bishops came to supersede


    15. It is the story of how church tradition and the teaching of the bishops came to supersede the word of God as a source of doctrine


    16. Tyke is proposed to supersede him


    17. He pointed out--writing in a foolish, facetious tone--that the perfection of mechanical appliances must ultimately supersede limbs; the perfection of chemical devices, digestion; that such organs as hair, external nose, teeth, ears, and chin were no longer essential parts of the human being, and that the tendency of natural selection would lie in the direction of their steady diminution through the coming ages


    18. There is so much written and said about you! I came here today with anxious curiosity; I wished to see for myself and form my own convictions as to whether it were true that the whole of this upper stratum of Russian society is worthless, has outlived its time, has existed too long, and is only fit to die—and yet is dying with petty, spiteful warring against that which is destined to supersede it and take its place—hindering the Coming Men, and knowing not that itself is in a dying condition


    19. Already he feels the influence of the new public opinion which is to supersede and destroy the old one


    20. " Can an agreement arising from the exercise of this power, supersede the right of exercising the power expressly delegated by the constitution itself? Certainly not

    21. If commerce did not suffer, the knowledge of this fact would supersede the necessity of any other measure, and peace would follow of course; if, on the contrary, a general sweep was made of all the property afloat, it would unite all parties in a war


    22. Such could not, I believe, have been the impression either of the people or of the States when the General Government was formed; and if this conduct be persevered in or submitted to, it will, in effect, supersede the Government, and must speedily terminate in its dissolution


    23. He believed he then acted right in all he did to supersede that Administration, and he still believed he was right


    24. The honorable gentleman from Kentucky, however, who spoke yesterday, offered objections to a navy, which, if they were well founded, would supersede all further reasoning and calculation


    25. I will not make use of the post offices when I can avoid it, because private occasions supersede the necessity of writing in cipher; and the contempt of decency and principles, which forms part of the morals of the subaltern officers of a democracy, would incline them to break a seal with the same indifference that they break their words, when either curiosity or interest is to be indulged


    26. A non-intercourse with England and France will probably supersede the embargo; which, by opening with the rest of Europe a partial, legitimate commerce, and offering strong temptations to that which is illegal, will expose the vessels to capture, detention, and embarrassment; will justify the present policy, and produce such a degree of irritation and resentment as will enable the Government of this country to throw the whole blame and responsibility of war from its own shoulders upon those of the British Ministry


    1. Now Savannah superseded that relationship


    2. Seems in recent years to have been superseded by what Tom Wolfe calls, in one of his latest books, „Hooking Up


    3. ‘Events have superseded doctrine,’ one of the elders admitted


    4. A modernist version of wealth creation has superseded the (industrialized) ―smokestack‖ economy ushered by the Industrial


    5. A well-organized society grounded on and supported by fidelity to its traditional customs and manners once superseded by falsely conceived revisionist assumptions promotes an impressionist view of that society


    6. endorsements, playing up to fans but not for the fans, not really, and highlight reels that burnish self-serving credentials, begs the question, how about the love for the game for its own sake that has (seemingly) become secondary to self-centered attitudes and inflated egos; where gamesmanship has superseded sportsmanship? Bizarre behavior, taunting and jeering an opponent, especially common in higher profiled sports, has (sadly) provided the modern athlete with a receptive audience


    7. The ―Propensity to Save,‖ especially among the middle classes, has been superseded by Social Security, Pensions, 401(k)s and Home Equity


    8. A determined action of this nature should not be considered apart from the purposeful action of having taken someone‘s life; that is to say, such potential no longer exists once it has been superseded by a definitive action


    9. (notwithstanding a certain willingness to entertain the respective merits of a variety of different viewpoints), will become apparent as a number of (youthful) friendships begin to vanish, superseded by more ―meaningful‖ or customary relationships for convenience sake, 92


    10. Anti-American sentiment hasn‘t changed much over the years with the (notable) exception that Communism has been superseded by

    11. What has happened, in effect, is that a college education has devolved into a cross-generational equivalent of a high school diploma; that is to say, a contemporary college education has superseded anachronistic (academic) standards of a generation ago


    12. Missing are the notable, home like qualities and atmosphere of mom-and-pop stores, common in my youth, that are being routinely superseded by uniform shopping centers


    13. For this reason, a timid individual, for example, may be more unlikely than another individual, who is more daring, to confront pressing challenges unless the underlying motives are superseded by other, more compelling reasons or competing factors connected in some manner with the


    14. Traditional course work no longer seems appropriate in these modern times; superseded, in large measure, by quixotic designs for ―meaning‖, ―self-esteem‖ and ―self-worth‖ …


    15. It is not without irony that I find myself (partially) agreeing in part with an African American sociologist, who recently suggested that Sports have superseded the Plantation


    16. That it has managed to contest and repel any number of assaults by its detractors says less about the resiliency of its defenders, perhaps, than its principle appeal, that all things considered, has superseded the sporadic misplacement of confidence and questionable examples of those (otherwise) entrusted to its care


    17. It has superseded Vietnam as the metaphoric symbol of American ―Hegemony‖


    18. The notion rang a deep bell of life-threatening danger that superseded every other thought, feeling and intention


    19. Since then small inter-dental “bottle-brushes” have superseded the very difficult flossing techniques and have all but replaced the need for floss


    20. They feel that what they know has now superseded all older knowing and have given up their belief in anything but their knowledge (Gnosis)

    21. shadows of good things to come, which are realized and superseded by the gospel


    22. But with quantum physics, even this tenuous result would be superseded by the atom itself not really being anything that exists until it is measured


    23. higher principles or counterparts are superseded by the very life of the Christ


    24. Nothing superseded the war with the Great Satan, America


    25. His fear of horses had been completely forgotten; superseded by an overwhelming desire for it all to stop


    26. Eventually people could afford their own machines, and gradually the king's power was superseded by the power of companies


    27. Today the physical book has mostly been superseded by a digital product also known as an “eBook”


    28. until the value of his upkeep superseded his value as a laboring


    29. superseded the value of their labor


    30. superseded the average child by leaps and bounds

    31. Again, the specificity of true operating leverage can not be superseded by


    32. The search by the police dive team had been finalised with no positive result, but had been superseded at first light by an air/sea search of the coastline with still no result


    33. For once, I stopped judging and desiring…realizing in that instant, that two souls could make a connection for life on a level that superseded any words or actions other than just opening of a heart


    34. Richard was also somewhat afraid, for even though he was a part of The Waldger Group, he felt that this man’s power far superseded anything Aafre and his Master could muster


    35. Constitution would have legally superseded the Constitution of the United


    36. mother-child love, humans’ original most essential emotion, is therefore supplanted and superseded by sexual/romantic, man-woman love


    37. But Priscilla could not forget all she had made her suffer; and the Prince, who had thought of everything, suddenly producing her head woman from some recess in Baker's Farm, where she too had spent the night, Annalise was superseded, her further bitter fate being to be left behind at Creeper Cottage in the charge of the gentleman with the cheque-book--who as it chanced was a faddist in food and would allow nothing more comforting than dried fruits and nuts to darken the doors--till he should have leisure to pack her up and send her home


    38. could accept being superseded by this glowing exemplar


    39. defiant reaction superseded all pains in his aching leg


    40. But through the divine clemency God has superseded that law with a law of mercy, condemning those crimes with equal severity, but suspending the execution until the days of grace shall have passed

    41. But, even if the cards should be superseded, which seems unlikely, there are unruly powers blowing life into storms, disordering sedulous mornings, and uprooting the stability of the afternoon--


    42. `In the near future,' continued Owen, `it is probable that horses will be almost entirely superseded by motor cars and electric trams


    43. Women were most frequently institutionalized by the order of husbands and fathers, whose will and opinion superseded the women’s


    44. "They made themselves my friends," said I, "when they supposed me to have superseded them; and when Sarah Pocket, Miss Georgiana, and Mistress Camilla were not my friends, I think


    45. I do not propose - because there is not time, although it is really part of my subject - to go back to the beginnings of history, and describe in detail the different systems of social organization which evolved from and superseded each other at different periods, but it is necessary to remind you that the changes that have taken place in the past have been even greater than the change proposed by Socialists today


    46. But my father’s Senate bill, in one of its most industry-friendly nods, would have legally superseded any state laws that allowed greater fairness in coverage


    47. The woman was Izz Huett, whose interest in Tess's excursion immediately superseded her own proceedings


    48. Slogans in various hues covered their black jackets, superseded by an identical logo freshly painted on the back of each


    49. Farebrother's attendance at the hospital should be superseded by the appointment of a chaplain—of Mr


    50. ” Hence this idea was superseded by a newer view, viz























    1. There is a principle that supersedes all other factors in such situation


    2. There is no promise that supersedes the promise of glory


    3. How much longer is our nation expected to fill the coffers of rogue nations that routinely utilize its (oil) revenues to finance our destruction! One can only hope that once public concern supersedes its off-handed complacency by making its presence felt in Washington, that its (collective) impact will hopefully override the perennial lip service that oftentimes passes itself off as a genuine commitment to solving this dilemma


    4. Vydor, this agreement dates back over three thousand years and supersedes anything that would be in effect today


    5. Jacob’s name means ‘supplanter’, one who replaces, who supersedes, who steps into the shoes of another


    6. Coolidge, my word supersedes your moral ethics


    7. “Jim, I have a feeling that this supersedes any threat, for


    8. His demands supersede his gifts, his violence supersedes his love, his destruction is without boundary


    9. ” When one observes the disturbing events of the world today, two motivations are clearly present: the first is that original desire for the self, and the second is devotion to fantasy that supersedes reality


    10. It really supersedes our current form of governance

    11. It supersedes any authority that you believe you possess, agent Dexter


    12. Prayer is the ancient communication system that supersedes all others


    13. We are emerging from a techno-mation eclipse, where the technologizing of information supersedes in importance the message received, where we are created more in the image of the message-maker than the message


    14. For example, if one wants a group of people to believe that God is Love, Democracy is Freedom, Free Market Capitalism is Liberty, but to get them to embrace the message they must kill some children and torture detainees, then the mode of how the message is given supersedes or overwhelms the message itself – the mode becomes a more significant message than the message


    15. However, it is not that no one is above The Law, but that all are above the law, since love supersedes all law by placing all others above it


    16. When Money comes before life, tell me which is being sacrificed to whom? When an illusion supersedes compassion, who then is the primitive priest savagely ripping out beating hearts to offer to a golden idol? These incidental inconveniences and trivial tragedies, how often do you sanction them, while proclaiming yourself a humanitarian as you publicly guilt tithe to the cause that bears your foundation's name? Do you know the uninvited poor whose heads you anonymously airlift drop Morganics experimental foods and Whoremart blood-woven garments upon? Are you only giving to a stereotype and only giving the basic necessities of life? Because isn't that all a stereotype needs, just enough to stay alive? How do you know what to give them, if you do not know them? When we ask those in want to share their needs, we are asking them to trust us with their greatest intimacy, their deepest vulnerability


    17. The following MSDS supersedes any previously issued MSDS for


    18. The Birth Mother as much as we teach our children to see all four wives as their mother’s these four women are different and don’t share the same views on everything so in a case where they is a disagreement the ruling of the Birth Mother supersedes the other’s


    19. It has been proven that the instinct to protect ones offspring almost always supersedes logic


    20. I have a mission for you that supersedes everything else on the agenda! I need you to find this woman!” Thaddeus said, as he rose and handed over a surprisingly good facial sketch that Zarsha had drawn for him with some charcoal

    21. The Order of Langhorne provides the Church’s jurists, and since Church law supersedes secular law throughout Safehold that means all jurists and lawgivers (lawyers) are either members of the order or must be vetted and approved by the order


    22. I have a rule in trading that says, “Never fight the direction of the five-minute squeeze!” It supersedes all my other intraday trading rules and setups


    23. The relief which sudden and temporary embarrassments require, can, at all times, be administered by the State banks, and, therefore, supersedes the necessity of aid from this bank


    1. doctrines by advancing plausible interpretations contrary to biblical teachings and superseding them with spiritually abstract new-age assumptions bordering on Pantheism


    2. The former employs the legal system and democratic processes to achieve its stated objectives; the superseding of traditional customs and norms with ―universal‖ standards, whereas the latter disregards such pretenses of limited authority altogether in its efforts to reduce a society to its basic components


    3. results; superseding a rewards-based system predicated on the exceptional achievements of Individuals


    4. ‖ Secularism, in modern times, may be properly considered the (metaphorical) false idol superseding the God of ancient traditions


    5. Wisecracking, precocious young children superseding the worldly ―wisdom‖ of their well-meaning but oftentimes bumbling parents, more often than not, the father; portrayed as ‖agreeable‖, however (somewhat) pompous, over-bearing, self-regarding and someone who just ―doesn‘t get it


    6. Disgruntled Catholics, (including the Clergy), operating within the Church, are precursors of The Antichrist; unwittingly paving the way for his eventual return; preparing a spiritual wasteland, confounding all aspects of Church doctrines and teachings superseding authoritative truths with (spiritually) vague and uncertain ecclesiastical notions pandering to the whims of an uninformed Conscience; discrediting revealed wisdoms and traditional customs inspired by the Holy Spirit


    7. The EEC‘s Socialist Agenda has been constructed in a manner that seeks to eliminate (grassroots) autonomy altogether by gradually abolishing (national) social and cultural customs, imposing criminal sanctions against forms of behavior considered inappropriate or incompatible with standards of political correctness, superseding local political and legal authority with supranational (political) bodies and international courts, and (surprise!) imposing membership requirements mandating that each participating nation legalize abortion on demand, to mention few of its initiatives


    8. Buddha made use of meditation as a last resort to fight his battle of unconscious madness superseding His conscious


    9. And We revealed to you the Book, with truth, confirming the Scripture that preceded it, and superseding it


    10. Could she say anything? "I think, Ruby," she began hesitatingly—for it was difficult for Anne to speak to any one of the deepest thoughts of her heart, or the new ideas that had vaguely begun to shape themselves in her mind, concerning the great mysteries of life here and hereafter, superseding her old childish conceptions, and it was hardest of all to speak of them to such as Ruby Gillis—"I think, perhaps, we have very mistaken ideas about heaven—what it is and what it holds for us

    11. Rhea made a motion superseding that, viz: to strike out the whole of the bill


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    Synonyms for "supersede"

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    take the place or move into the position of