precedes

Their quest ignores a basic truth: Policy precedes message; first, figure out what you believe, then how to tell people about it.

The first four kind of dive into everything that precedes Aaron's drafting in the NFL.

In human children, checking back precedes gaze following, and children show evidence of it by about eight months of age.

That is an opportunity to take charge for the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in the spring and the warm-up tour of India that precedes it.

Every four years, the just-toss-an-idea-out-there phase of the presidential race precedes the serious campaigning that starts after Labor Day.