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
“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 closest antecedent to “Changes” may well be adult-contemporary R&B, which makes sense given that Bieber’s primary songwriting collaborator is Poo Bear, a 41-year-old singer and songwriter who’s released R&B music of his own.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2020
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
