precursor
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Making it work was a struggle, but the first neutrino images, captured by an R&D precursor to IceCube, were "the greatest excitement I ever felt about this project," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Jack explained that there have been several precursor competitions in different countries and this competition takes the top tier of those competitions and brings them together "to really showcase the talent" that there is internationally.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
I pointed out that a leveraged mutual fund, UltraNasdaq-100 ProFund, that’s a precursor to the popular leveraged Nasdaq-100 ETF, ProShares’ TQQQ, has been around since 1997.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
MeerKAT serves as a precursor telescope for that facility.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
It was the precursor to the cocktail party effect, named by another British researcher, Edward Colin Cherry, in 1953.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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
Next, the Laestrygonians are clearly classical precursors of Norway’s Viking heirs, terrifying giants who, despite knocking out most of the Achaean team, are unable to secure victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
The White House document claimed they had discussed Chinese investment in U.S. industries, purchases of U.S. oil and agricultural products, and ending the flow of fentanyl precursors into the U.S.
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
From the precursors of food production already practiced by hunter-gatherers, it developed stepwise.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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