- present participle of precede.
preceding
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Beginning in 2016, the region experienced substantial losses in sea ice coverage, marking a striking reversal from the preceding decades.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The list of crime-solving couples on page and screen is long, but Tommy and Tuppence are arguably the first, preceding Nick and Nora Charles by more than a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In “A Moment in the Sun,” Shane White has created a remarkable portrait of black life in Manhattan that reveals the possibilities and limits of freedom during the 50 years preceding the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
All three preceding quarter-finals on Arthur Ashe Stadium - Aryna Sabalenka beating Linda Noskova and Jessica Pegula overcoming Emma Navarro, with Tiafoe's win sandwiched in the middle - went the full distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
None of the crucial developments preceding political centralization in those same parts of the world were associated with river valleys or with complex irrigation systems.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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