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Lemmon is constantly shifting against the background stars beyond and is best viewed in the hours preceding dawn for those in the northern hemisphere.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
By hypothesizing that a phase of relentless, exponential expansion preceded and set up the hot Big Bang, inflation implies the following.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no remembrance of the legacy that preceded us.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office hasn’t offered a potential motive for the killings or details of what preceded the deaths.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
By hypothesizing that a phase of relentless, exponential expansion preceded and set up the hot Big Bang, inflation implies the following.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no remembrance of the legacy that preceded us.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office hasn’t offered a potential motive for the killings or details of what preceded the deaths.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precede
predate
Verb
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California had issued the driver a commercial license, but these English rules predate the crash.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Keaton’s ascent through Hollywood predated the fashion industry’s fixation on curating stars’ every look.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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