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It was preceded by a momentous Los Bukis stadium tour, which kicked off in 2021, reuniting the band after a 25-year hiatus.
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Griselda Flores, Billboard, 23 July 2025
That news was preceded the day before by word of Neon taking rights for the U.S. and Canada.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2025
That's a far cry from the preceding decades – before the 2022-23 campaign, the last time Sevilla fell outside the La Liga top 10 was back in 2000.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
The milestone was preceded by Russian cosmonauts flying with U.S. space shuttle crews and NASA astronauts joining Russian Soyuz crews, as well as a shuttle mission rendezvousing (but not docking) with Mir.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 July 2025
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Griselda Flores, Billboard, 23 July 2025
That news was preceded the day before by word of Neon taking rights for the U.S. and Canada.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2025
That's a far cry from the preceding decades – before the 2022-23 campaign, the last time Sevilla fell outside the La Liga top 10 was back in 2000.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
The milestone was preceded by Russian cosmonauts flying with U.S. space shuttle crews and NASA astronauts joining Russian Soyuz crews, as well as a shuttle mission rendezvousing (but not docking) with Mir.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precede
predate
Verb
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And the Royal Oak’s big brother from Offshore has evolved from shocking AP clients in 1993 with a bold look that predated the 2000s trend of Big Sports, to becoming a solid alternative to the dressier Genta grail.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
14 July 2025
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The Weed Street case, which began more than two years ago, predated the moratorium.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 2025
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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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