preceding

Example Sentences

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In the preceding weeks, he had been inexplicably losing weight, had struggled with coordination, and felt near-constant fatigue.

From The Wall Street Journal

No community is a monolith, but one thing many Jewish Australians believe is that warnings about a rise of antisemitism in the months preceding this attack were ignored.

From BBC

Here’s a trivia question for your holiday road trip: In which five U.S. metropolitan areas did the consumer-price index rise by less than 2% over the preceding 12 months?

From The Wall Street Journal

Rubio and his aides had already terminated hundreds of programs in preceding days.

From Salon

The orchestra will deliver its full 2028/29 season across London and on tour, with the two preceding seasons at the Barbican as planned.

From BBC