precursor
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Even more striking, feeding the worms phosphatidylcholine or its precursor, choline, restored a more youthful mitochondrial structure within just two days.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Office of Strategic Services—the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency—recruited him to lead an American spy network in Greece.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Company executives have said it’s a precursor to broader institutional adoption of crypto and could unlock trillions of dollars in assets flowing into Bitcoin and other less-well-known tokens.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
England made their major tournament debut in 1984, competing as one of four teams in a Uefa competition that was a precursor to the Women's Euros.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Scientists in laboratories throughout North America and Europe began fusing cells and using them to map genetic traits to specific chromosomes, creating a precursor to the human genome map we have today.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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