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Even some of the quadrupedal tracks show signs of short front limbs—an adaptation that can precede a more upright posture.
His main concern is inflation-hence his insistence that structural reform must precede any other action.
Now the toys often precede the programs, whose scripts are conceived of as promotional tools.
Your introduction should immediately precede a speaker.
Certain signs precede certain events.
But the local blackouts seemed to precede the unsuccessful attempts by a few hundred milliseconds.
Yawns can precede stressful situations.
In earlier research, they've explored the global economy's changing structure and early-warning signals that may precede crashes.
The militants may have been tipped by leaks or by the visible movements of troops and machinery that precede any operation.
Thus, a significantly weathered monument might precede less weathered objects by only a century or two.
The article “a” usually doesn't precede a plural subject or object.
So spotting conditions that may precede attacks is harder.
Making a decision must precede the observation of the time that a decision has been made.
Although an explosive eruption could occur without warning, some premonitory events more likely will precede the next eruption.
Researchers studying 58 hurricanes found that an increase in lightning tended to precede the strongest winds by a day.
If there is to be a choral service the minister and the choir enter the church from the rear, and precede the funeral cortège.
He simply held the door open for me and let me precede him.
Be that the case, they should precede the article with an editorial disclaimer.
They seem to fear rising inflation expectations will precede recovery by a large enough margin that they'll lose money.
But many researchers say that people have less tolerance than before for the failures that inevitably precede success.
They also precede words used for the first time in a conversation.
The women's title game will precede the men's championship game on March 12.
Leaving aside valuations, he cites a number of tactical signals that precede a bear-market bottom.
This move would have to precede any further action by the Senate, like a vote.
Sometimes, however, it is expedient to precede the topic sentence by one or more sentences of introduction or transition.
It did not say when it would be released, but such ads usually precede the actual message by one to three days.
The punch lines of the spots don't redeem the dark, frightening images that precede them.

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