precursor
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The spool suit is the latest in a coordinated effort by California’s municipalities and the state attorney general’s office to throttle the bootleg gun industry by stanching the flow of its precursor components.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
This week's "pre-COP" meetings in the Fijian city of Nadi are a precursor to the larger UN-sponsored global climate summit -- known as COP31 -- to be held in Turkey next month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Jack explained that there have been several precursor competitions in different countries and this competition takes the top tier of those competitions and brings them together "to really showcase the talent" that there is internationally.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Davis adds the move could also be a precursor to another merger attempt with Rio Tinto after the failed tie-up in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
I had never witnessed mass chaos, but just the weekend before I had seen the precursor.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
They were the first known victims of the Shahed-136 drone, whose precursors had only appeared in Iranian state media and 2019 strikes on Saudi oil facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Directed by Henry Winkler and co-starring Lee Majors as Mountain Dan, it may be one of the earliest precursors to the Hallmark holiday-style movies.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
“The use of the books at issue to train Claude and its precursors was exceedingly transformative and was a fair use,” Alsup noted in his earlier judgment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The White House document claimed they had discussed Chinese investment in U.S. industries, purchases of U.S. oil and agricultural products, and ending the flow of fentanyl precursors into the U.S.
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
As for Chinese writing, first attested around 1300 B.C. but with possible earlier precursors, it too has unique local signs and some unique principles, and most scholars assume that it evolved independently.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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