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Most felt that the global boom of the preceding four years was very much intact.
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This is something that happened preceding the personnel and controller's audits.
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The President is unlikely to have served tea in the meeting preceding the gaffe.
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Beyond preceding the surname there is no particular ordering rule for forenames.
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The thickness of the CF card type is dictated by the preceding PC Card standard.
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Daytime drama Doctors began in the spring of 2000, preceding Neighbours on BBC1.
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In the preceding 24 hours, only four had come, said head physician Tariq Bayati.
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Predate: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
Be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
Move ahead (of others) in time or space
Furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
Preceding(a): existing or coming before
(preceding) past(a): of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
To go before, go in front of; To have higher rank than (someone or something else)
(Precedes) The particular figures which can logically by danced before a given figure.