precursors

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This is a problem the EU and its precursors have been thinking about for a long time.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The Morgan Library & Museum puts the Baroque master’s early canvas in the context of his contemporaries and precursors, emphasizing his extraordinary naturalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The rise in oil prices could also increase the cost of important derivative products such as jet fuel and vital precursors for fertilisers.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

What do you think looking for precursors like this does for our historical understanding of fascism?

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

In reality, even for the most famous and apparently decisive modern inventions, neglected precursors lurked behind the bald claim “X invented Y.”

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