- plural of precursor.
precursors
Example Sentences
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"This suggests that repurposing medications that augment the function of dopamine-releasing neurons, including dopamine precursors and inhibitors of dopamine metabolism, could be a promising approach."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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
They are now looking to expand their own production of guncotton, and assessing alternative natural precursors to make it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
What hand, Darwin asked, had guided the creation of such different varieties of finches on those distant volcanic islands or made small armadillos out of giant precursors on the plains of South America?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
