preceding

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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

And, inflation has remained higher and more volatile than in the years preceding Covid.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

This is why it is important to raise awareness among coastal populations about detecting warning signs: felt earthquakes, abnormal sea movements, most often seawater retreats preceding the run-up of the tsunami, but not always.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The preceding one-day international series was drawn 1-1, and three-match T20 series continues on Saturday at Canterbury.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The root of the hoary, decumbent, and less elegant, but larger-flowered Hedysarum mackenzii is poisonous, and nearly killed an old Indian woman at Fort Simpson, who had mistaken it for that of the preceding species.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer