precursors
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The White House document claimed they had discussed Chinese investment in U.S. industries, purchases of U.S. oil and agricultural products, and ending the flow of fentanyl precursors into the U.S.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
It is part of a fleet of Iranian state-controlled vessels that have been accused of shipping rocket-fuel precursors to China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
This is a problem the EU and its precursors have been thinking about for a long time.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Clinical trials are underway worldwide, including in Norway, to test NAD+ precursors like NR and NMN.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 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
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