as in precedes
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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If anything, Blaine’s saccharine monologue that precedes the kiss kind of serves as cosmic justice for Kurt, who really gets the short end of the stick in season two, to say the least.—
James Factora,
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The differences between a Universe that began with a hot Big Bang and a Universe that had an inflationary phase that precedes and sets up the hot Big Bang are subtle, but tremendously important.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Antecedes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antecedes. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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