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precede

[pri-seed] / prɪˈsid /


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Their only titles, for example, precede the Bundesliga era.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Brain changes precede Alzheimer’s disease by years, but without a baseline, there is nothing to compare those changes against.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 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

Many note that big rallies tend to precede a slide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Some scientists think that when expansion is followed by contraction, when the spectra of distant galaxies are all blue-shifted, causality will be inverted and effects will precede causes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

All participants had a live conversation with a clinician and a professional interpreter, simulating the informational discussion of the risks and benefits which typically precedes myeloma treatment.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The interview precedes a planned visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington, D.C., where he’s expected to meet with U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

A warm dense fog had settled over the paddies and there was the stillness that precedes rain.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

MarketWatch’s Steve Goldstein writes that signals from the corporate bond market have historically preceded big drawdowns for the S&P 500, and investors have certainly seen the debt market flashing a warning, particularly in high yield.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

If those winds are preceded by sufficient rains, the risk of large fires is dampened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Note that the decline preceded this summer’s law restricting institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The problem led to several cars, including those of the two multiple world champions who were sharing the front row of the grid, not working in the wet conditions that preceded the race.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Yet, as Fiedel conceded to me, the collapse of the Clovis consensus means that archaeologists must consider unorthodox possibilities, including that some other people preceded the ancestors of today’s Indians into the Americas.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In the preceding Division 2 final, Long Beach Poly trailed 14-12 in the fifth set before reeling off the last four points to beat Redondo Union, 25-19, 20-25, 25-18, 23-25, 16-14.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

The latest available consumer-price index covering September showed the following changes over the preceding year:

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

The study highlights an increasingly important concern: Earth's temperature is not only rising, but has been rising considerably faster in recent years than during the preceding decades.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 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 Corporation would like to apologize for the preceding pages.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray


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