preceding
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In the preceding years, more than 1,000 babies a year were dying unexpectedly in England and Wales, with no discernible cause found.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
The preceding girls game was not nearly as dramatic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Adding wartime decline to the preceding “SaaSpocalypse,” the shares have sunk 30% this year.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
After huge equity issuance in the years preceding, there was a tidal wave of IPO lock-up periods expiring that created a never-ending cascade of selling, Jones recalls.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
They were peasants who had also been expelled from their hacienda, arriving as humbly as their ancestors of the preceding century to beg the patron to give them work in the coming harvest.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing preceding
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
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Novel Study: The Scarlet Letter, Chapters 16–24
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Little Rock Girl 1957
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