antecedes

verb

present tense third-person singular of antecede
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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  • After running into overbought territory on the push above $90, momentum has cooled to a level that historically precedes the next leg higher in a stock with this kind of trend structure.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • As a result, organizers decided that once the peloton reached France for the last 40 kilometers, the publicity caravan — a 10-kilometer-long procession of sponsor vehicles that precedes the race — would not operate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
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