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precursors

NOUN
something that indicates outcome or event beforehand
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They are now looking to expand their own production of guncotton, and assessing alternative natural precursors to make it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

These cells serve as precursors that can mature into fully developed fat cells.

From Science Daily Jun. 27, 2026

The White House document claimed they had discussed Chinese investment in U.S. industries, purchases of U.S. oil and agricultural products, and ending the flow of fentanyl precursors into the U.S.

From Slate May 16, 2026

This is a problem the EU and its precursors have been thinking about for a long time.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

What hand, Darwin asked, had guided the creation of such different varieties of finches on those distant volcanic islands or made small armadillos out of giant precursors on the plains of South America?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee



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