The Arabic term naskh can mean removing or changing something. Early Muslim scholars used it broadly: a later passage that clarified an earlier verse’s application, description, or apparent scope could also be called “abrogating.”
Later legal theorists generally employed a narrower technical sense: the removal of an established legal ruling by a subsequent scriptural proof, where the original ruling cannot simply continue alongside the later one in the same circumstances.
An early statement that “this verse was abrogated” therefore does not automatically establish technical abrogation. Its usage and supporting evidence must be examined.