precursor
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Reports that the recruitment of Lambiase is a precursor to Stella leaving to join Ferrari are said by McLaren insiders to be incorrect.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Musk, OpenAI’s then principal financial supporter, had asked Brockman and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever to make a spreadsheet listing every employee and what important contribution they had made—a classically Muskian precursor to staff cuts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
It was the boy’s first experience of death, a difficult concept for a young mind but an important precursor for a boy not given the luxury of existential innocence.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
He adds that identifying these precursor conditions early may allow doctors to treat underlying diseases sooner and potentially prevent cancer from developing.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026
Picasso made a drawing in response to Parsifal in 1934, a precursor to his world-famous Guernica.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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