- present participle of precede.
preceding
Example Sentences
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Certainly security had been visibly stepped up at the base in the preceding days, so certainly there had been some intelligence about a possible attack.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
But last week was different from the preceding UNGAs I attended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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
It will help us explain why in the Ramesside period, officials such as Paser chose to reuse, modify or build tombs adjacent to the monuments of the preceding 18th-dynasty elites.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
He had known several of them in previous assignments and other bases and he had met almost all of them in the days preceding his inauguration as their commander.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing preceding
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