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
“He felt like a direct historical antecedent to the Rupert Pupkins and Travis Bickles of the world. He fell through the cracks and we lost potentially one of our greatest presidents because of it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
“The profound historical antecedent to this is the bounties that state governments offered that allowed slaves to be retrieved if they fled,” said Charles Derber, a sociology professor at Boston College.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022
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
The argument à posteriori is a method of proof in which the premises are composed of some position of existing facts, and the conclusion asserts a position antecedent to those facts.
From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
