precede

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An elaborate show featuring poetry, pyro and Frederic Michalak will precede the match.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

This preface, which harks back to “Richard II” and “Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2” in addition to the three parts of “Henry VI” that immediately precede “Richard III,” crowds an already crowded plot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

The board's plan to precede the front entrance by a large flight of steps and a square would entail destroying up to two blocks of homes.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Rate checks are inquiries about the pricing available and can precede a direct intervention in the currency market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

But at last with a great creaking and sighing he heaved up his enormous body, signed to the slaves to precede him with the lights and went out.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis