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preceding

[pri-see-ding] / prɪˈsi dɪŋ /


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He faced an agonizing 20-minute wait on the 18th fairway as Jacob Bridgeman, in the preceding group, played a shot from the beach that cracked off a cliff and back into the ocean.

From Barron's

“Comfort” is one of 2020’s defining terms, along with “horror,” “unprecedented,” “anxiety,” “insomnia” and a barge’s worth of negative words that speak to the tire yard fire that is the preceding 12 months.

From Salon

“Such a plateau is frustrating after seeing significant disinflation in the preceding few years.”

From Barron's

The week preceding the main draws was once a peaceful time, with sparse crowds watching qualifying and the players practising behind closed doors.

From BBC

Like with the preceding rally, it’d be fair to say the pullback has run too far, too fast, the strategist says.

From The Wall Street Journal