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"the preceding paragraphs" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it to refer to the paragraphs that came before the one you are currently writing. For example: "The preceding paragraphs discussed the various components of a successful marketing plan. This paragraph will focus on the importance of implementing the plan."
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The preceding paragraphs, dealing with vascular cryptogams, have emphasized the influence of environmental factors on the expression of sexual reproduction; the remaining account deals with the angiosperms.
The preceding paragraphs are a pack of lies.
The preceding paragraphs, furthermore, have defined the sources of CIHL and legal scholarly research to be referenced.
The preceding paragraphs in this section might seem to indicate that there is no doubt about Boethius's importance as a philosopher.
The preceding paragraphs have, by examining the research of the El Rosario International Law Clinic, found that those in a position to order are responsible for forced displacements.
The preceding paragraphs enumerate examples of diagnostic considerations when CVP elevation occurs in the setting of hypoperfusion.
In the preceding paragraphs, the word "stature" has been treated as a word with a meaning expressible in concrete terms.
In the discussion of the preceding paragraphs, the cryptanalyst knows only the ciphertext and general structural information about the plaintext.
After reading the preceding paragraphs, your immediate response was: A) Wait a minute, I thought the point was to hurt Republicans.
The whole first clause — technically the main clause — of this 52-word sentence was just a glance back at the preceding paragraphs.
What has been covered in the preceding paragraphs may be the most that can be said within restricted compass about the social sciences of the 20th century without turning to the individual social sciences themselves and related disciplines.
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