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Recent Examples of preceded
The annual meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized countries opens in Nago, Okinawa; the three-day summit is preceded by demonstrations by about 27,000 people protesting the American military presence on the Japanese island.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 July 2026
Houston spent some of this offseason — and much of the two that preceded it — trying to trade Meyers, a homegrown outfielder who blossomed into an elite defensive center fielder with constant struggles to harness any offensive consistency.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
The event was preceded by a rehearsal dinner at the hotel, followed by a cocktail-and-dessert party with their friends and loved ones.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 July 2026
But the combination of a lingering marine heat wave and a strengthening El Niño resembles the conditions that preceded widespread disruptions to fisheries, marine mammals and seabirds along California and the West Coast.
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
She was preceded in death by her sister, Betsy Davis; and her mother, Judy Childress Davis.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 July 2026
Her early decisions reveal the same Startup Intelligence patterns that preceded the success of founders such as Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
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Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Still, life with the device — and the treatment that preceded it — comes with challenges.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
His initial research preceded the commercial development of residential air conditioning by almost two decades.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 July 2026
Houston spent some of this offseason — and much of the two that preceded it — trying to trade Meyers, a homegrown outfielder who blossomed into an elite defensive center fielder with constant struggles to harness any offensive consistency.
—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
The event was preceded by a rehearsal dinner at the hotel, followed by a cocktail-and-dessert party with their friends and loved ones.
—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 July 2026
But the combination of a lingering marine heat wave and a strengthening El Niño resembles the conditions that preceded widespread disruptions to fisheries, marine mammals and seabirds along California and the West Coast.
—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
She was preceded in death by her sister, Betsy Davis; and her mother, Judy Childress Davis.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 July 2026
Her early decisions reveal the same Startup Intelligence patterns that preceded the success of founders such as Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Still, life with the device — and the treatment that preceded it — comes with challenges.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
His initial research preceded the commercial development of residential air conditioning by almost two decades.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preceded
predated
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For many Venezuelans, the disaster is exposing institutional weaknesses that long predated the earthquakes.
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Pardo and Mann’s re-examination revealed that these were young megalichthyids, early finned tetrapodomorphs that predated emobolomeres by 20 to 30 million years.
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“Preceded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preceded. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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