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  • verb Present participle of supersede.

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Examples

  • There is something else interesting about the word "superseding".

    The Guardian World News Theo Hobson 2011

  • But their cruel excesses were loudly blamed by the Moslems, and Caliph Omar only obeyed the popular voice in superseding the fierce and furious Khalid by the mild and merciful Abú Obaydah.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • News of the banker's role surfaced in court filings on Friday after the government filed a so-called superseding indictment against Mr. Rajaratnam on Thursday, adding an additional count of securities fraud and naming seven additional stocks that were part of the alleged insider trading conspiracy.

    Banker Ensnared in Galleon Case Susan Pulliam 2011

  • The government has until the end of January to bring a new criminal charging document, known as a superseding indictment, against Rajat Gupta , who has been accused of leaking inside information to former hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam while a member of the boards of Goldman and Proctor & Gamble.

    Prosecutors Likely to Expand Gupta Allegations Chad Bray 2012

  • However, prosecutors have indicated they likely will expand the case against him by the end of this month by filing a new criminal charging document known as a superseding indictment.

    Deteriorating Gupta-Rajaratnam Ties May Be Defense's Focus Chad Bray 2012

  • According the Associated Press, what the prosecutors in the Moussaoui case are doing is they are rewriting the indictment, doing what is called a superseding indictment, so that that indictment tracks how the law now is based on the recent Supreme Court decision.

    CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2002 2002

  • The mistake could prove inconsequential legally, since the Department of Justice could file what is known as a superseding indictment, which adds or corrects information in the original charges.

    NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010

  • The mistake could prove inconsequential legally, since the Department of Justice could file what is known as a superseding indictment, which adds or corrects information in the original charges.

    NYT > U.S. By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010

  • The mistake could prove inconsequential legally, since the Department of Justice could file what is known as a superseding indictment, which adds or corrects information in the original charges.

    NYT > U.S. By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010

  • Volkov spoke after US prosecutors filed a so-called superseding information against Alvirez that laid out in greater detail than before an alleged scheme to bribe foreign government officials, including payments to Georgian defense officials.

    Analysis 2010

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