precursor
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However, the move should not be seen as a precursor to a repaired relationship between Harry and his brother, the Prince of Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Newton notes the Russell 3000 McClellan Summation Index — a breadth indicator — is sitting near its June peak and while, drifting sideways, hasn’t nosedived, which is often the precursor to a bigger downturn.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
It isn’t the first, and it knows it, beginning with what feels like a reference to its more brilliant precursor, Brian De Palma’s “Blow Out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
At least, "we can detect the precursor of the smoky flavour beforehand".
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Anger. Very nice. Useless to me, alas, but as it is so often a precursor to sorrow, I confess that I do like it.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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 rover has found chemical traces left behind by this wetter period, including carbon-based molecules believed to be precursors to RNA and DNA, two nucleic acids that carry genetic information.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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
From a patent lawyer’s perspective, the ideal invention is one that arises without any precursors, like Athene springing fully formed from the forehead of Zeus.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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