preceding

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In the decade preceding Xi, he noted, there was perhaps one such case—and even then, the official wasn’t imprisoned, but was merely stripped of privileges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Dunkley's place was vulnerable after she scored 98 runs in six innings during England's preceding series against New Zealand and India, with a highest score of 26.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

It looks as if the British farmers who had been building Stonehenge over the preceding centuries all but disappeared – again, for reasons which remain unclear.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Some 200 people testified in-person during the marathon two-day meeting preceding the vote and the final proposal received more than 1,000 written comments.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

They were peasants who had also been expelled from their hacienda, arriving as humbly as their ancestors of the preceding century to beg the patron to give them work in the coming harvest.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende