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precedes
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Sky is wasting no time in adding the series to its offer, running the first three episodes launching tomorrow (May 22) ahead the Carb Day practice on May 23, which precedes the 110th Indy 500 race.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
20 May 2026 -
Found in the MacKenzie Mountains in Canada, the new fossils provide a rare window into the Ediacaran, a geological period that precedes the Cambrian explosion of biological diversity.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
20 May 2026
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“Antedates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antedates. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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