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Recent Examples of precedes
The tussle over rare earths precedes the current administration; China for years has built up near-total control of the minerals as part of its wider industrial policy.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Dedication Night follows Disney Night (October 7) and precedes Wicked Night (October 21).
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Believed, that is, in something that precedes me infinitely and also—most bizarrely—loves me.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
So the social and strategic element precedes it versus happening after.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The race precedes the Downtown Campbell Oktoberfest.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
If anything, Blaine’s saccharine monologue that precedes the kiss kind of serves as cosmic justice for Kurt, who really gets the short end of the stick in season two, to say the least.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
The differences between a Universe that began with a hot Big Bang and a Universe that had an inflationary phase that precedes and sets up the hot Big Bang are subtle, but tremendously important.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025
Luckily, this practice can still be done in the window that succeeds late fall die-off and precedes a heavy freeze.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025
Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Dedication Night follows Disney Night (October 7) and precedes Wicked Night (October 21).
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Believed, that is, in something that precedes me infinitely and also—most bizarrely—loves me.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
So the social and strategic element precedes it versus happening after.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The race precedes the Downtown Campbell Oktoberfest.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
If anything, Blaine’s saccharine monologue that precedes the kiss kind of serves as cosmic justice for Kurt, who really gets the short end of the stick in season two, to say the least.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
The differences between a Universe that began with a hot Big Bang and a Universe that had an inflationary phase that precedes and sets up the hot Big Bang are subtle, but tremendously important.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025
Luckily, this practice can still be done in the window that succeeds late fall die-off and precedes a heavy freeze.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precedes
predates
Verb
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Fretting about how young people spend their hours is a perennial adult pastime, one that long predates Minecraft.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Fess Parker has a cinematic history that predates Sideways.—
Justin Goldman,
AFAR Media,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Precedes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precedes. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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