precede

as in to predate
to go or come before in time there are two speeches which will precede yours

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Recent Examples of precede But as has been abundantly clear since the Huskies’ 0-3 no-show in November in Maui, this team is not like the two that preceded it. Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025 Look closer, however, and there are strictures that are wedded to an age that long precedes motor sports and movie stars. Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025 The elements didn’t work in Warren’s favor, as a 50-minute rain delay preceded a windy night at Baltimore’s Ed Smith Stadium. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025 That's a striking contrast to the scramble for, and shortages of, Hopper chips — the generation that preceded Blackwell — in the period after ChatGPT's debut more than two years ago. Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for precede

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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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