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For example, the new controllers lack the infrared motion camera built into the right-hand grip on the preceding generation, which would block 1-2-Switch!, a mini-game collection and launch title for the original Switch.
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Matt Kamen, Wired News, 16 Apr. 2025
They were preceded in death by sister Leslie, who died of an apparent overdose in January 2012 at age 25.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
There isn’t a way for scientists to predict whether Monday’s quake could precede a larger event, Jones said.
—Stephanie Elam, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
The free pass made for a callback to Rodón’s last start against the Tigers, as two walks preceded a three-run homer from Andy Ibáñez that day.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
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Matt Kamen, Wired News, 16 Apr. 2025
They were preceded in death by sister Leslie, who died of an apparent overdose in January 2012 at age 25.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
There isn’t a way for scientists to predict whether Monday’s quake could precede a larger event, Jones said.
—Stephanie Elam, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
The free pass made for a callback to Rodón’s last start against the Tigers, as two walks preceded a three-run homer from Andy Ibáñez that day.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
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Their careers, however, predate the shows as the siblings started at the WWE in 2007.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Wells has been working to convince the Fed to lift the $1.95 trillion asset cap imposed in 2018 for misdeeds at the bank that predated CEO Charlie Scharf’s tenure.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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