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Kenney’s Happy’s Place guest stint precedes The Conners’ six-episode farewell, which is expected to kick off in March.
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 14 Dec. 2024
The trade for Tucker probably precedes another move to make room among the outfield corps (Cody Bellinger has been expected to be traded since the offseason started, and he is rumored to be a Yankees target), which would all but cement him as the Cubs’ right fielder next season.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The couple’s relationship precedes Bowers’ professional football career, which began in 2024.
—Alexandra Hurtado, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Instead, the shocking gunshot that precedes the film’s title card sets the table for a flashback to the past.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
The black comedy, which previously won the Horizons sidebar at the Venice Film Festival, is set in 1989 during the festive season that immediately precedes the downfall of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
The five straight months of gains (and five straight weeks at this point, too) reflect the kind of upside persistence that essentially never precedes a buckling of the real economy.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2024
Historically, a vote to join the EU often precedes a vote to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Cold War-era alliance designed to combat Russia.
—Morgan Phillips, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024
The wetter the rainy season that precedes the bloom, the more vibrant the flowers.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Precedes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precedes. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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