precursor
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Named after a 18th century precursor to electric cells, LeydenJar uses a technique known as plasma deposition to make a lighter, more efficient anode – an essential component of all batteries.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Low currency volatility is often a precursor to a pullback,” observes Watling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
A 2021 study from the Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine, however, showed that decreases in fastball velocity are an extremely common precursor of elbow problems that result in Tommy John surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
These precursor cells can mature into oligodendrocytes, which produce the myelin sheath surrounding axons.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Unfortunately, the colony losses from 2006 to 2020 were a precursor to a much larger crisis to come, which ultimately resulted in the Global Famine of 2100.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
Next, the Laestrygonians are clearly classical precursors of Norway’s Viking heirs, terrifying giants who, despite knocking out most of the Achaean team, are unable to secure victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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 cells serve as precursors that can mature into fully developed fat cells.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
From the precursors of food production already practiced by hunter-gatherers, it developed stepwise.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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