antecedent to
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Wilson redefined “liberty” not as a natural right antecedent to the government, but as “the right of those who are governed to adjust government to their own needs and interests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Tryptophan is an amino acid that, once consumed, is a chemical antecedent to the body's natural production of melatonin and serotonin, two compounds that regulate our sleep cycles.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021
He might take a slab of taro-based pa‘i‘ai, a thicker, stickier antecedent to poi, char it on the grill and slip it into a hamburger bun.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2018
Sinatra got his early break appearing on an early antecedent to those programs, radio’s “Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2015
Begin it early, and do it well; and there is no antecedent to it, in any origin or station, that will tell against us with the Almighty, or with ourselves.”
From Dickens As an Educator by James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
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