How to Use precursor in a Sentence

precursor

noun

• He’s got the movie, he’s got the precursors, and he’s got the narrative.
  — Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
• That stretch in the second quarter, just like the one in the third and the one fourth might be a precursor to change.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
• The mother plans to file a claim, a precursor to a lawsuit.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
• The nose has a subtle hint of fresh ginger, a precursor of what’s to come.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 May 2023
• All of this was a precursor to the Trump years, when the fringe finally became the dominant force in the GOP.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• In her hands, scripture becomes a precursor to the novel.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2024
• That outcome would be the precursor for a 5-for-20 evening at the plate with runners in scoring position.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• But scientists note that small quakes like the one near Borrego Springs are rarely a precursor to a much larger event.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• That turns out to have just been one of several precursors to this week’s move, according to Reuters.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2023
• One of the most striking illustrations of the existence of such target forms is the way a tube called the pronephric duct, a precursor to the kidney, grows in newts.
  — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2023
• The question will be whether this current unrest is a precursor to new eruptions.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
• Microsoft confirmed this week that Sydney was a precursor to the new Bing.
  — Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023
• This was a sub-scale model of a spaceplane the Soviets studied since the 1960s and a precursor to the Russian Buran space shuttle.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
• Their strike was seen as a precursor to a surge of union activism in higher education.
  — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• In 2011, Beshear’s father — Steve — won re-election, serving as a precursor to Barack Obama’ re-election the next year.
  — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Franks, who did not submit a yearend finance report, represented in the U.S. House a precursor to what is now the 8th district.
  — Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
• One or more of nine health issues are likely to blame, with stress a potential precursor to nearly all of them, according to a new study out of Japan.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 21 Nov. 2023
• Fatigue can compromise the flexor tendon, which is why a flexor strain sets off red flags and, in some cases, be a precursor to a torn UCL.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• Traffic stops can also be a precursor to violent and deadly encounters, such as in the case of Nichols’ killing.
  — Derek Epp, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2023
• But these upcoming light showers in the mountains are a precursor to the unsettled weather thousands of miles away in Hawaii.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2023
• But his appearance wasn't a precursor to him attending the Super Bowl.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• But right now the precursor chemicals are coming from China.
  — CBS News, 30 July 2023
• What these systems lack is judgment in the face of uncertainty, a key precursor to real knowledge.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
• At Bowser’s Castle, the mischievous Bowser Jr. reminded me of my youngest kid, whose clever smirk is often the precursor to some shenanigans.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2023
• His experiments with color and light were ahead of their time, and his sprawling body of work served as a precursor to the Impressionist movement.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
• And the prize is not a precursor to peace actually happening, or lasting.
  — Andrew Blum, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
• So this is tackling not just the drug itself, but how it gets moved around from one place to another as well as the precursor chemicals used to manufacture it.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
• The precursor to the current slate of adaptive controllers cost in the region of $1,000 without supplementary switches.
  — Geoffrey Bunting, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2023
• Later this year or early next, NASA is set to send four astronauts into space to circle the moon—a precursor to the eventual moonwalk.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
• These precursors wouldn’t quite be quasars, but galaxies with somewhat smaller black holes on their way to becoming quasars.
  — WIRED, 5 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024