- present participle of precede.
preceding
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An industry report in 2024 found that drugmakers developing vaccines for infectious diseases received just 3.4% of all biopharma venture capital in the preceding decade.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
He led the company through the telecom nuclear winter of the early 2000s, which was more economically devastating than the preceding dot-com bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Hunter's Moon is known to sit in the sky for a particularly long time - similar to the preceding Harvest Moon - giving hunters extra light in the skies.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Wrongful termination claims in the tech world are common immediately preceding large funding rounds as investors seek to optimize financial metrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
And if all the preceding seems remote from the present day, it need not be.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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