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Recent Examples of preceded
His initial research preceded the commercial development of residential air conditioning by almost two decades.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
The national consultation that preceded the ban drew over 116,000 responses from parents, children and experts, with 9 in 10 parents backing the restrictions.
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Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
She was preceded in death by her sisters — June died of cancer in April 2006 at age 52, per The Spokesman-Review, and Bonnie died in June 2020 at age 69.
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Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Next up, maybe lawmakers can do something about overly soft, mumbling dialogue preceded by deafening explosions.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
Goals from Van Heck and Brian Brobbey were preceded by Ellyes Skhiri’s own-goal just two minutes in.
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Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
In Japan, the last 10 years have seen fewer leaders than the 10 years that preceded them.
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Joelle Gross,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
But the existence of culture in the hominins that preceded (and sometimes overlapped with) us isn’t really such an extraordinary claim anymore.
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ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
Strip away all the context — the current pair of controversies and all the losing that preceded them, all of which has strained the credibility of their organizational leadership on so many levels — and the Giants treated their fans to an entertaining game at Third and King.
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Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
The national consultation that preceded the ban drew over 116,000 responses from parents, children and experts, with 9 in 10 parents backing the restrictions.
—
Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
She was preceded in death by her sisters — June died of cancer in April 2006 at age 52, per The Spokesman-Review, and Bonnie died in June 2020 at age 69.
—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Next up, maybe lawmakers can do something about overly soft, mumbling dialogue preceded by deafening explosions.
—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
Goals from Van Heck and Brian Brobbey were preceded by Ellyes Skhiri’s own-goal just two minutes in.
—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
In Japan, the last 10 years have seen fewer leaders than the 10 years that preceded them.
—
Joelle Gross,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
But the existence of culture in the hominins that preceded (and sometimes overlapped with) us isn’t really such an extraordinary claim anymore.
—
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
Strip away all the context — the current pair of controversies and all the losing that preceded them, all of which has strained the credibility of their organizational leadership on so many levels — and the Giants treated their fans to an entertaining game at Third and King.
—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preceded
predated
Verb
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For many Venezuelans, the disaster is exposing institutional weaknesses that long predated the earthquakes.
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Pardo and Mann’s re-examination revealed that these were young megalichthyids, early finned tetrapodomorphs that predated emobolomeres by 20 to 30 million years.
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“Preceded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preceded. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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