Sample Sentences for
precede
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    Carlson stepped back to let Slim precede him, and then the two of them went out the door.  (source)
    precede = go before
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    Somewhere, a mockingjay gives the warning whistle that precedes the hovercraft.  (source)
    precedes = comes before
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    There was my answer, in the text that preceded Part III ...  (source)
    preceded = was before
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    He wondered if he had been knocked unconscious, because he had only dim recollections of events immediately preceding the moment he had sat up, groaning, in the woods ten yards from the Land Cruiser.  (source)
    preceding = before
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    Rachel preceded the two girls down the aisle to the family bench.  (source)
    preceded = led (went before)
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    But at last with a great creaking and sighing he heaved up his enormous body, signed to the slaves to precede him with the lights, and went out.  (source)
    precede = go before
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    Your reputation precedes you.  (source)
    precedes = arrived earlier
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    As long as I take it in the week, preceding the full moon, I keep my mind when I transform.... I'm able to curl up in my office, a harmless wolf, and wait for the moon to wane again.  (source)
    preceding = before
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    It wasn't until I had children of my own that my grandmother told me about her life in Mexico, about a fairy-tale existence with servants, wealth, and grandeur, which had preceded her life in the company farm camp.  (source)
    preceded = been before
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    However, there wasn't time for the calm and mature reflections that must precede the formation of a wise and well-balanced government for free people.  (source)
    precede = come before
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    A warm dense fog had settled over the paddies and there was the stillness that precedes rain.†  (source)
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    The surreal whirlwind of the preceding weeks had left Walter devastated.  (source)
    preceding = prior (having just passed)
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    The word cryptic popped into Flora's head. It was preceded by the word unnecessarily. "Unnecessarily cryptic," said Flora out loud.  (source)
    preceded = led (something was before something else)
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