How to Use precursor in a Sentence

precursor

noun

• The Tab A8 is a nice step up from its precursor, the A7 (above).
  — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2022
• Or would a James trade just be the precursor to a Davis deal?
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
• 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
• One group might sell golf balls for $50 apiece and the chance to win a new car, with the drop as the precursor to the golf itself.
  — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• 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
• Train for Jobs is the precursor to the $200 million, four-year Ready to Work program.
  — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
• As football grew in the 1880s, so did the precursor to the modern tailgate.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022
• And this is true because back then, think 20 years ago, the Golden Globe was the precursor for the Oscar.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021
• The program was set up as a precursor to the $200 million, four-year Ready to Work program.
  — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Dec. 2021
• Some of its members were linked to a precursor of the Islamic State in Iraq.
  — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
• Those talks served as a precursor to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, Eoin McSweeney and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
• The trade was supposed to be a precursor to another move or two — and still might be.
  — Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Such a filing with the state is often a precursor to a lawsuit.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
• The season might be a precursor to even greater achievements.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2022
• The classic mod eye makeup of the '60s was simply a precursor for the smoked-out, neutral cut creases of the '90s.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 1 Feb. 2022
• But all of that is just a precursor to the actual feeling.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• Yet more than one million households enrolled in the first week after the precursor to the ACP launched in May 2021.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 May 2024
• The team replaced the precursor with a bag of sand, put a tracking device on the package and followed it to San Diego.
  — Erin Patrick O'Connor, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• This, the researchers believe, could be a precursor to joking in our own species.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
• Media day was merely a precursor to what this next year will look like for BYU.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 July 2022
• The family has filed a claim against San Diego County, the precursor to a lawsuit.
  — Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
• The question now is whether Wednesday’s increase is just a blip or the precursor to the return of higher prices.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• Will trusting those precursors blow up in my face again?
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
• He was then asked if those type of at-bats tend to be a precursor to an offensive outburst.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
• Whether that is a precursor to a March run or a gravestone note on an enigma of a season remains to be seen.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 22 Feb. 2022
• If this is a precursor to a sophomore album, there may already be an early contender for the best of the year.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2023
• The Oscars pushed back its nomination voting deadline twice in response to the L.A. wildfires, and many precursors shuffled their dates as well.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Mar 2025