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Math is “changing certainly quite dramatically” because of AI, Jayawardhana said, calling it “a precursor to what’s coming to other fields.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

In the published experiments, approximately 80% to 90% of normal precursor cells differentiated within six days, compared with only 5% to 10% of cells lacking MTCH2.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The association was created as a counterpart to the European Economic Community, precursor of the European Union which its four member states are close to but have not joined.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

When the benefit’s precursor was created in the 1990s, the government thought a few hundred thousand would claim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

In real time, it’s impossible to know whether an earthquake is its own event or a precursor of something bigger on the way.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

They were the first known victims of the Shahed-136 drone, whose precursors had only appeared in Iranian state media and 2019 strikes on Saudi oil facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Directed by Henry Winkler and co-starring Lee Majors as Mountain Dan, it may be one of the earliest precursors to the Hallmark holiday-style movies.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

“The use of the books at issue to train Claude and its precursors was exceedingly transformative and was a fair use,” Alsup noted in his earlier judgment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

These sedimentary rocks contain petroleum precursors that have spent millions of years deep underground.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

Their status as precursors led archaeologists to believe that the subsequent emergence of other complex societies was due to their example—or their conquest.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann