SUPERSEDE

(verb) take the place or move into the position of
"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left", "the computer has supplanted the slide rule", "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
synonyms : replace , supercede , supervene upon , supplant
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The directory listings have been supplanted by search engines and online advertising -added by vindos

Mnemonics for supersede

(Tag: ) when a SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET ASIDE the old thing because it is OBSOLETE..
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(Tag: ) super (Latin) = over sedere (Latin) = sit (as in sedentary, sediment etc.,) So, something that sits over another makes the latter obsolete.
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(Tag: global) A seed is eventually "replaced" with a SUPER-seed, because that's better
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