In a sentence
Six example sentences with preceding, each labelled with its topic.
The preceding experiment used seawater at ten degrees, so the two datasets cannot be compared without correction.
Science
The treaty makes sense only against the preceding decade of border raids and failed harvests along the river.
History
The quiet bar preceding the chorus makes the entry feel twice as loud, though the volume never actually changes.
Music
Revenue rose eight percent over the preceding quarter, though most of the gain came from a single large order.
Finance
The clause refers back to the preceding paragraph, so a reader who skips ahead misses what the word tenant includes.
Law
On the preceding possession the guard had lost the ball, so the coach ran the next play through the center instead.
Basketball
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Found in these word lists
Found in 3 published word listsAuthoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)
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