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Recent Examples of preceded
The stretch isn’t concerning to Murton, who noted Aidan Miller’s early slump last year that preceded an excellent season.
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Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 June 2026
The world premiere will be preceded by meditation in the cinema.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
That’s the case for the group Cabral and some 35,000 other youth belong to, Hakuna, which started in the early 2010s in a Madrid parish when a group of college students set up a weekly hour of Eucharistic adoration, preceded by a short lecture and followed by a meetup at a local bar.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Susana Córdova, who preceded Marrero, spent less than $5,000 on travel as her tenure overlapped with the pandemic.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
Continue reading … PARKING LOT FURY — ‘No one’s going home today' threat preceded fatal shooting at Minnesota warehouse.
—FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Schill had been preceded by Morton Shapiro, who led the university from 2009 to 2022.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
He was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Negri, and sister, Eleanor Barneck.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
He was preceded in death by his father, Billy, who died in 2021.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 June 2026
The world premiere will be preceded by meditation in the cinema.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
That’s the case for the group Cabral and some 35,000 other youth belong to, Hakuna, which started in the early 2010s in a Madrid parish when a group of college students set up a weekly hour of Eucharistic adoration, preceded by a short lecture and followed by a meetup at a local bar.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Susana Córdova, who preceded Marrero, spent less than $5,000 on travel as her tenure overlapped with the pandemic.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
Continue reading … PARKING LOT FURY — ‘No one’s going home today' threat preceded fatal shooting at Minnesota warehouse.
—FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Schill had been preceded by Morton Shapiro, who led the university from 2009 to 2022.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
He was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Negri, and sister, Eleanor Barneck.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
He was preceded in death by his father, Billy, who died in 2021.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preceded
predated
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Pelley also pressed Bilton on the recent firings of former executive producer Tanya Simon and fellow correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, decisions that Bilton said predated him.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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But midterm elections are typically a referendum on the party in power − not the leaders who predated them.—
Haley BeMiller,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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“Preceded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preceded. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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