precondition

Example Sentences

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Analysts had said casting a dissenting vote may have been a precondition for keeping his long-shot candidacy viable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

“A lower cost of capital as rates comes down can help provide some extra juice, but that is not a precondition for markets to go higher,” Helfstein said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 25, 2026

It is also a "precondition" for the possible joint production of military equipment, said a second EU official.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

One really important form of social attention is so elemental to human life that it is the necessary precondition to survive.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

This was a crucial precondition for the astronomical revolution which followed.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton