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The signing ceremony, between the CNC’s Bruel and BFI director BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts, was preceded by a tour of the institute’s BFI Southbank home.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 July 2025
Like all three of this summer’s preceding arrivals, Gudmundsson is 26, but at 5ft 11in he does not have the same height.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 July 2025
The other sellouts: the preceding two games against New York, plus opening night March 31 against the Chicago Cubs.
—Chris Biderman
july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Those cowardly films ignore the ideological confusion and moral bankruptcy that precede political and creative failure.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 July 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 July 2025
Like all three of this summer’s preceding arrivals, Gudmundsson is 26, but at 5ft 11in he does not have the same height.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 July 2025
The other sellouts: the preceding two games against New York, plus opening night March 31 against the Chicago Cubs.
—Chris Biderman
july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Those cowardly films ignore the ideological confusion and moral bankruptcy that precede political and creative failure.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precede
predate
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Much of Justin Bieber’s musical output predates the introduction of Billboard’s global charts, which arrived in 2020.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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But most of these trends — the AI boom, the semiconductor reshoring, the cloud computing infrastructure — are long-term structural shifts that predate Trump and will continue regardless of who is in office.—
Madison Czopek,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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