precursor

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“But you can also start to see what’s happening under the Earth’s surface, whether tunnels are being dug or nuclear materials are being moved around. This is a precursor to developing those types of capabilities.”

From Barron's

But AI is the crucial technological precursor to space development.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shortly after administration, levels of dopamine and its precursor levodopa increased, along with norepinephrine and its metabolite normetanephrine in the locus coeruleus-noradrenaline network.

From Science Daily

Psoriasis causes inflammation in the skin that leads to the formation of specialized immune precursor cells.

From Science Daily

But the composition ultimately came to be seen as a precursor of musical Postmodernism and possibly Bernstein’s greatest work, a monument in its own right.

From Los Angeles Times