as in preparatory
coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows
instantly recognized that chilled feeling as one of the precursory symptoms of a cold
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Recent Examples of precursory
This precursory knowledge came in handy when flipping through Assayas’ and Emmanuel Carrère’s Kremlin script.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precursory
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Pacific Ridge School, an independent, co-ed, college preparatory day school in Carlsbad, started its 19th academic year with the Annual Trustee Dinner.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Those preparatory projects included the installation of new capping roofs to weatherproof the buildings for a long period of care and maintenance, as well as the rerouting of electrical supplies and de-planting of boiler equipment.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Still, the election turned into a nailbiter, as preliminary results indicated a narrow victory for D66, while the PVV briefly pulled ahead towards the end of the count.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The officials noted, however, that the reports over her cause of death were preliminary and not yet confirmed to be as a result of the storm.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sign up today with coupon code EARLYBIRD for an introductory discount of 20% off.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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My introductory archaeology students try their hand at experimental archaeology by attempting to replicate a prehistoric bone awl (piercing tool).—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Precursory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precursory. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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