Early usage also included the abolition of a pre-Islamic custom and the replacement of certain earlier religious dispensations by the law given to the Muslim community.
Both can be described as “replacement” in a broad sense. Neither automatically establishes that one verse of the Qur’an technically repealed another verse of the Qur’an.
The practical task is classification. Whenever a report calls something naskh, we first determine whether it means a change of custom, restriction, clarification, expiration, or the actual withdrawal of an existing scriptural ruling.