How to Use precursor in a Sentence

precursor

noun
  • The Tab A8 is a nice step up from its precursor, the A7 (above).
    — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Or would a James trade just be the precursor to a Davis deal?
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
  • But that olive branch wasn’t a precursor of what was to come.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2021
  • He’s got the movie, he’s got the precursors, and he’s got the narrative.
    — Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That stretch in the second quarter, just like the one in the third and the one fourth might be a precursor to change.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • One group might sell golf balls for $50 apiece and the chance to win a new car, with the drop as the precursor to the golf itself.
    — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The mother plans to file a claim, a precursor to a lawsuit.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • The nose has a subtle hint of fresh ginger, a precursor of what’s to come.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 May 2023
  • Train for Jobs is the precursor to the $200 million, four-year Ready to Work program.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
  • As football grew in the 1880s, so did the precursor to the modern tailgate.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022
  • And this is true because back then, think 20 years ago, the Golden Globe was the precursor for the Oscar.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The program was set up as a precursor to the $200 million, four-year Ready to Work program.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Some of its members were linked to a precursor of the Islamic State in Iraq.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Proving that the bank has changed its ways has been a precursor to convincing the Fed to remove the cap.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Those talks served as a precursor to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, Eoin McSweeney and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The trade was supposed to be a precursor to another move or two — and still might be.
    — Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • All of this was a precursor to the Trump years, when the fringe finally became the dominant force in the GOP.
    — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • And even the effects of precursor changes would mostly be slight.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • Some victims have filed legal claims — the precursor to a lawsuit — against the city.
    — Stefanie Dazio, ajc, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Such a filing with the state is often a precursor to a lawsuit.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The season might be a precursor to even greater achievements.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The classic mod eye makeup of the '60s was simply a precursor for the smoked-out, neutral cut creases of the '90s.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The tournament – a precursor by just a few days to the women’s U.S. Open – will be held Aug. 22-28, with the main court set up between the stage and seats.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2021
  • But all of that is just a precursor to the actual feeling.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Yet more than one million households enrolled in the first week after the precursor to the ACP launched in May 2021.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • The team replaced the precursor with a bag of sand, put a tracking device on the package and followed it to San Diego.
    — Erin Patrick O'Connor, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Some victims have filed legal claims — the precursor to lawsuits — against the city.
    — Stefanie Dazio, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
  • This, the researchers believe, could be a precursor to joking in our own species.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
  • And that was just the precursor to the main event: a couples' scavenger hunt photo shoot all around Wilmington.
    — EW.com, 20 May 2025
  • This became the precursor to its Annual and Special releases that would be key to the eventual reopening of Port Ellen.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

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