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For investors, the comparison may help shed some light on whether the turmoil in AI stocks signals the end of the boom or a temporary disruption that could precede another surge.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

"Preserving or stabilizing the MPS might offer a way to slow the early, hidden cellular changes that precede Alzheimer's symptoms."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

A six-fight undercard, including a heavyweight interim title bout between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane, will precede the main event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Such transactions typically precede securing capital for a project by a developer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Some scientists think that when expansion is followed by contraction, when the spectra of distant galaxies are all blue-shifted, causality will be inverted and effects will precede causes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Mark Ruffalo, Florence Pugh, and Sadie Sink also join in the film, which precedes the release of "Avengers: Doomsday" in December.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Investors should care about this because active M&A volume frequently precedes major bear markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Given the strength of the music that precedes it—easily Madonna’s best work in decades—the final song’s sentimentalism is earned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Inquests into the state of British tennis are not uncommon - especially after the clay-court French Open, which precedes Wimbledon.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

It is an even number, and it is the integer that precedes one.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

No damning life event preceded my change in style, though I’d recently stopped dating and found some strange joy in perceiving bangs as another barrier-to-entry to anyone who tried.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

"But if the Universe did experience a bounce, the dark structures shaping galaxies today could be remnants from a cosmic epoch that preceded the Big Bang."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, extreme investor bullishness has reached levels that have historically preceded sharp pullbacks, prompting some analysts to urge caution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Several eyewitnesses were quoted by Russian media as saying gunfire preceded the explosion, indicating that air defences may have tried to shoot the drone down.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

But he was still recovering from the trauma of the war as well as some serious traumas that preceded his military experience.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

In the 10 months preceding the war, Iran's trade with the UAE totalled $21 billion according to official Iranian figures.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

In other words, the new fossil helps us understand a phase preceding the rise of dinosaurs and crocodiles, when their close relatives were still experimenting with different body shapes, postures, and modes of locomotion.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Tucker made the All-Star Game in each of the four years preceding this one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sales growth accelerated from the preceding quarter, when the company posted a 13% rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The root of the hoary, decumbent, and less elegant, but larger-flowered Hedysarum mackenzii is poisonous, and nearly killed an old Indian woman at Fort Simpson, who had mistaken it for that of the preceding species.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer