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Recent Examples of precede
Officials did not provide additional details about the events preceding Konanui-Kong's fall.
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Jillian Frankel, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The average temperature from the preceding six afternoon games was 81 with the hottest being 85.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The decision to absorb all of UKSA into DSIT is seen as a consequence of that review and has been preceded by transfers of key staff from UKSA to the space department within DSIT.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
After all, many situations on the road are preceded by an acoustic signal.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
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Jillian Frankel, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The average temperature from the preceding six afternoon games was 81 with the hottest being 85.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The decision to absorb all of UKSA into DSIT is seen as a consequence of that review and has been preceded by transfers of key staff from UKSA to the space department within DSIT.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
After all, many situations on the road are preceded by an acoustic signal.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precede
predate
Verb
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Their friendship predates these horror movies, though, as Farmiga directed Wilson’s wife Dagmara Dominczyk in the 2011 drama Higher Ground.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Our generation still possesses experiential knowledge of decision-making processes that predate algorithmic assistance.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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