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In a true meritocracy, where merit supersedes all else, the H-1B visa program shouldn’t be done by lottery or capped at a quota.
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Doug Melville, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Cillian Murphy, Small Things Like These Who’d have expected that just a year after winning the Best Actor Oscar, Cillian Murphy would deliver a performance that supersedes his Oppenheimer turn as the best work in his accomplished career?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
That case, which overturned the conviction of a man convicted under a state law that prevented slave-catching, held that while federal law supersedes state law, states are not required to use their resources to uphold federal laws.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
But, as one particularly taxing day goes on, her loyalty to her employees and doing right by them supersedes her job.
—EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Doug Melville, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Cillian Murphy, Small Things Like These Who’d have expected that just a year after winning the Best Actor Oscar, Cillian Murphy would deliver a performance that supersedes his Oppenheimer turn as the best work in his accomplished career?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
That case, which overturned the conviction of a man convicted under a state law that prevented slave-catching, held that while federal law supersedes state law, states are not required to use their resources to uphold federal laws.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
But, as one particularly taxing day goes on, her loyalty to her employees and doing right by them supersedes her job.
—EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Supersedes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersedes. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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