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Recent Examples of precede
It was preceded by a momentous Los Bukis stadium tour, which kicked off in 2021, reuniting the band after a 25-year hiatus.
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Griselda Flores, Billboard, 23 July 2025
That news was preceded the day before by word of Neon taking rights for the U.S. and Canada.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2025
That's a far cry from the preceding decades – before the 2022-23 campaign, the last time Sevilla fell outside the La Liga top 10 was back in 2000.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
The milestone was preceded by Russian cosmonauts flying with U.S. space shuttle crews and NASA astronauts joining Russian Soyuz crews, as well as a shuttle mission rendezvousing (but not docking) with Mir.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 July 2025
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Griselda Flores, Billboard, 23 July 2025
That news was preceded the day before by word of Neon taking rights for the U.S. and Canada.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2025
That's a far cry from the preceding decades – before the 2022-23 campaign, the last time Sevilla fell outside the La Liga top 10 was back in 2000.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
The milestone was preceded by Russian cosmonauts flying with U.S. space shuttle crews and NASA astronauts joining Russian Soyuz crews, as well as a shuttle mission rendezvousing (but not docking) with Mir.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precede
predate
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Now that the fog of war is lifting, upbeat forecasts that predated Liberation Day are back, meaning stocks could put up big numbers again—as if the tariff shock from a few months ago was all just a bad dream.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 July 2025
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If obesity rates keep dropping into 2026 and beyond, MAHA's policy agenda could be positioned to claim credit for a trend largely driven by pharmaceutical breakthroughs that predate it.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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