PREEXISTS Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

preexists

verb

present tense third-person singular of preexist

as in precedes

to go or come before in time an advanced Mesoamerican civilization whose apex and collapse preexisted the arrival of Europeans by hundreds of years

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And at the end of the day, the finance – the P&L, the public ledger – precedes the economics.

— Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
That precedes two campaign rallies the president is headlining next week for the Republican National Committee in the ruby red states of Oklahoma and Alabama.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026

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