antecedents

Example Sentences

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While going rather easy on King George, Ms. Worsley is dismayed by the strategy of her antecedents, whose tactics often seemed calculated to fan the sputtering flames of rebellion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“If I do something that shocks me or that I’m not proud of, I’m able to frame that behaviorally and sort of understand the antecedents, the behavior itself and then the consequence,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Her most obvious antecedents were probably the nervy, forever restless Bette Davis and her Gallic descendant, Jeanne Moreau.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

After all, machines that could play decent games of chess did not appear until the antecedents of IBM's Deep Blue in the late 20th century.

From Salon • May 30, 2023

As for the antecedents of those events, how did Atahuallpa come to be at Cajamarca at all?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond