precede
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Kroenke has not done the usual due diligence that would precede a sale — meeting with team management and touring the stadium — and has not introduced himself to officials from the city of Anaheim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
For investors, the comparison may help shed some light on whether the turmoil in AI stocks signals the end of the boom or a temporary disruption that could precede another surge.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
"Preserving or stabilizing the MPS might offer a way to slow the early, hidden cellular changes that precede Alzheimer's symptoms."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
He has called past waves of IPOs and other stock issuance the “third horseman of the bubble apocalypse” because they tend to precede major market corrections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
But at last with a great creaking and sighing he heaved up his enormous body, signed to the slaves to precede him with the lights and went out.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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World number one Henry Patten will team up with new US Open champion Neal Skupski for Sunday's doubles, which precedes two reverse singles.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Researchers do not yet know whether deterioration of superficial white matter begins before gray matter loss, develops alongside it, or precedes measurable cognitive decline.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Doing so guarantees that at least one of his plate appearances will be with the bases empty and probably more since the bottom of the order precedes him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
The ADP report precedes additional jobs data from the Labor Department Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
She can’t even look at it without her mouth filling with the acrid saliva that precedes vomiting.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Ahead of Sheeran’s first concert since the scrutiny surrounding Macklemore’s performance, read on for what preceded the fallout of Sheeran’s Loop tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
There is some truth to that: Midterm losses of one-party control have preceded a gain over the following six-months of 10.4% on average since 1970, according to analysts at BlackRock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Home builder stocks have been battered by rising mortgage rates, but a valuation signal has historically preceded strong returns for the sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Local landslides are particularly challenging because their effects can develop quickly and may not be preceded by a felt earthquake.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Competitive rowing is an undertaking of extraordinary beauty preceded by brutal punishment.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Some self-styled guardians of journalism think I should include a paragraph like the preceding one in every article I write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Kerstetter further testified that Walters’ phone had pinged in Comanche only one other time during the preceding 11 months, about two weeks before the break-in.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The list of crime-solving couples on page and screen is long, but Tommy and Tuppence are arguably the first, preceding Nick and Nora Charles by more than a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
All three preceding quarter-finals on Arthur Ashe Stadium - Aryna Sabalenka beating Linda Noskova and Jessica Pegula overcoming Emma Navarro, with Tiafoe's win sandwiched in the middle - went the full distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
We all knew each other in a way, from the passing of messages over the preceding months; yet except for Jenner and me, none of us had ever really met.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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