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Central banks purchased over 1,000 metric tons of gold each year in 2022, 2023 and 2024 — roughly double the average over the preceding decade, according to the World Gold Council.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

There was much intra-Senate grousing and griping and bickering in the days preceding Friday morning’s vote.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

To get this benefit, the seller usually must live in the home for two of the five years preceding the sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"But if the strait was mined, this would require minehunters preceding convoys, or establishing safe corridors before commercial vessels could transit," they said.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

The preceding paragraph gave examples of blueprint copying, whereas the transfer of Chinese porcelain technology to Europe provides an instance of long-drawn-out idea diffusion.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond