precursor
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Victoria Dittmar, a researcher at InSight Crime, a think tank, has spent years investigating the flow of precursor chemicals into Mexico.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Also see: Is the Comcast-NBCUniversal spinoff a precursor for M&A?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
This field is considered the next frontier in practical quantum technology and the precursor to a quantum internet, akin to the classical networks that allow computers to communicate today.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
He likely used optical devices, including a camera obscura, a precursor to the box camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Unfortunately, the colony losses from 2006 to 2020 were a precursor to a much larger crisis to come, which ultimately resulted in the Global Famine of 2100.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
It is part of a fleet of Iranian state-controlled vessels that have been accused of shipping rocket-fuel precursors to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
This is a problem the EU and its precursors have been thinking about for a long time.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Clinical trials are underway worldwide, including in Norway, to test NAD+ precursors like NR and NMN.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
The rise in oil prices could also increase the cost of important derivative products such as jet fuel and vital precursors for fertilisers.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 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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