PREEXISTS Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

preexists

verb

present tense third-person singular of preexist

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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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The Orange County online court docket’s latest document entry for this case is an order ending the case for a pre-trial diversion, which commonly precedes the defendant entering a pre-trial diversion program.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Stage 5 is what immediately precedes it.

— Ray Dalio, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026

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