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Recent Examples of preceded
What’s perhaps less widely known is that it was preceded two decades earlier by the almost equally dramatic crash of 1907.
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Harvard Business Review, 23 Oct. 2025
Walters tapped the president of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that published Project 2025 and the blueprints that preceded it, to help rewrite Oklahoma’s social studies standards.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Modern observations rule that out, instead pointing to a picture where an early inflationary period preceded the hot Big Bang, and where even the hottest temperatures reached are significantly below the Planck scale.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Caplan-Auerbach is studying nearly imperceptible seismic tremors that have preceded major landslides, including the August one in Tracy Arm.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
About halfway through an otherwise ordinary discussion, Monáe told the Boygenius singer that her love of costumes is inspired by seeing David Bowie perform in the 1970s — the decade that preceded her birth.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Holmgren preceded Shanahan as offensive coordinator in San Francisco and also had a big impact on future coaches with Andy Reid and Jon Gruden going on to win Super Bowls after working under Holmgren in Green Bay.
—Staff, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Worth noting right off the bat is that this is Halsey’s second major tour of the year, and a wildly different one from what preceded it.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean, second wife, Mary Brieden, and daughter Beth.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Harvard Business Review, 23 Oct. 2025
Walters tapped the president of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that published Project 2025 and the blueprints that preceded it, to help rewrite Oklahoma’s social studies standards.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Modern observations rule that out, instead pointing to a picture where an early inflationary period preceded the hot Big Bang, and where even the hottest temperatures reached are significantly below the Planck scale.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Caplan-Auerbach is studying nearly imperceptible seismic tremors that have preceded major landslides, including the August one in Tracy Arm.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
About halfway through an otherwise ordinary discussion, Monáe told the Boygenius singer that her love of costumes is inspired by seeing David Bowie perform in the 1970s — the decade that preceded her birth.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Holmgren preceded Shanahan as offensive coordinator in San Francisco and also had a big impact on future coaches with Andy Reid and Jon Gruden going on to win Super Bowls after working under Holmgren in Green Bay.
—Staff, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Worth noting right off the bat is that this is Halsey’s second major tour of the year, and a wildly different one from what preceded it.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jean, second wife, Mary Brieden, and daughter Beth.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preceded
predated
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In a case that predated the Israel-Hamas war, the court said Israel abused its position as an occupying power and called on it to cease new settlement activity, evacuate settlers and make reparations for the damage caused.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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The department's chief human capital officer, Rachel Borra, said that the plans had predated the shutdown.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Preceded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preceded. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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