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Recent Examples of precedes
But if the officer corps’ voice is too weak, complex battlefield operations – and the strategic planning that precedes it – are likely to be botched, as happened in Vietnam.
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Dwight Stirling, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, two of the other planes, one carrying most of Congress and one carrying the joint chiefs of staff, won’t make it to Colorado after the massive sound wave that precedes the tsunami takes them out.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
This weekend, Francis was supposed to have celebrated deacons, a ministry in the church that precedes ordination to the priesthood.
—Nicole Winfield and Silvia Stellacci, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
This top-down sequence of activations precedes word production, with context representations emerging first, followed by word-, syllable-, and letter-level representations.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Though Saturday Night excoriates Chase as a haughty frat-adjacent character and the actor’s reputation as being difficult to work with precedes him, an early writer paints a more humble picture.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
There’s another all-in-one bathroom area at the front of SRQ before entering the TSA checkpoint that precedes the boarding gates.
—Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
There is rarely an organic instigating event that precedes it.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 26 Jan. 2025
The company's reputation for delivering realistic and engaging racing experiences precedes it, and the endeavor with NASCAR 25 is anticipated to spotlight series like ARCA, Truck, and Xfinity, attracting a younger fan base.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Dwight Stirling, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, two of the other planes, one carrying most of Congress and one carrying the joint chiefs of staff, won’t make it to Colorado after the massive sound wave that precedes the tsunami takes them out.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
This weekend, Francis was supposed to have celebrated deacons, a ministry in the church that precedes ordination to the priesthood.
—Nicole Winfield and Silvia Stellacci, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
This top-down sequence of activations precedes word production, with context representations emerging first, followed by word-, syllable-, and letter-level representations.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Though Saturday Night excoriates Chase as a haughty frat-adjacent character and the actor’s reputation as being difficult to work with precedes him, an early writer paints a more humble picture.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
There’s another all-in-one bathroom area at the front of SRQ before entering the TSA checkpoint that precedes the boarding gates.
—Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
There is rarely an organic instigating event that precedes it.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 26 Jan. 2025
The company's reputation for delivering realistic and engaging racing experiences precedes it, and the endeavor with NASCAR 25 is anticipated to spotlight series like ARCA, Truck, and Xfinity, attracting a younger fan base.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Precedes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precedes. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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