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Cooper has occasionally spoken about his time in Alaska throughout the series, including mention of his temperamental T-45d power armor, a flawed early design that preceded the T-60 (worn by Max’s West Coast Brotherhood in the Fallout show) and the T-51b (yet to be seen in live action).
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Jack King, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
To that point, Lee stressed the importance of city names preceding a team name as a distinguishing factor.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Will every win be preceded by a 15-second Zoe Saldaña T-Mobile ad?
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
The same bewilderment struck me again today, the morning after the finale premiered, when so many fellow critics took White’s ending to task, if not everything that preceded it.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
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Jack King, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
To that point, Lee stressed the importance of city names preceding a team name as a distinguishing factor.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Will every win be preceded by a 15-second Zoe Saldaña T-Mobile ad?
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
The same bewilderment struck me again today, the morning after the finale premiered, when so many fellow critics took White’s ending to task, if not everything that preceded it.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precede
predate
Verb
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Before Dred Scott The role of the Supreme Court in legitimizing slavery and embedding the narrative of racial hierarchy in the legal system long predated Dred Scott and continued long afterward.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The halls all predated the 1874 refounding of Hertford College.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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