supervenes

present tense third-person singular of supervene
as in follows
to come after in time it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack

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Verb
  • The audience follows the journey of pink soldier No-eul (Park Gyu-young).
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The broader story so closely follows what came before, every slight alteration and minor development helps carries that much more consequence.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2024
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  • The same tune nearly succeeds in the same way on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart, which is more all-encompassing—and thus, more competitive.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • These can provide significant financial rewards if the company succeeds or goes public down the line.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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  • But the scare device also contradicts the fashionable, secular ancestor-worship that replaces Christian doctrine for black progressives.
    Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Rate-and-term refinancing A rate-and-term refinance replaces your mortgage with a new loan that has a different rate or repayment length (or both).
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Supervenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenes. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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