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Recent Examples of precede
There was at least one medical incident in the crowd during Jack Draper’s victory that preceded this match.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Just look at the terrible events that preceded the shootings in Minnesota.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 17 June 2025
And if the Pacers win to force a Game 7 back in Oklahoma City, that’ll be preceded by another two days off going into an ultimate game on Sunday night.
—Tim Reynolds, Twin Cities, 17 June 2025
The rash is preceded by around three to five days by symptoms including conjunctivitis, dry cough, fever and runny nose and watery eyes.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Just look at the terrible events that preceded the shootings in Minnesota.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 17 June 2025
And if the Pacers win to force a Game 7 back in Oklahoma City, that’ll be preceded by another two days off going into an ultimate game on Sunday night.
—Tim Reynolds, Twin Cities, 17 June 2025
The rash is preceded by around three to five days by symptoms including conjunctivitis, dry cough, fever and runny nose and watery eyes.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precede
predate
Verb
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While the idea itself predates Greenleaf’s work, he is credited with popularizing the concept in modern business culture, shifting the focus from self-serving leadership models to people-first cultures.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The undeclared activities all predated the J.C.P.O.A.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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