as in to precede
to go or come before in time
the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelites claimed to base their principles and practices on the Italian art that anteceded Raphael and other masters of the High Renaissance
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Pharma leadership is being reinforced by IHE's push to new highs and a fresh weekly MACD crossover, and JNJ is showing the types of intermediate-term signals that can precede rotation into other large-cap bellwethers.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
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Since Woodland Hills is not a city, an application was filed in Los Angeles City Planning in 2022, preceded by traffic and noise studies.—
Fielding Buck,
Daily News,
8 June 2026
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“Antecede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antecede. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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