The phrase "a day preceding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the day before a specific event or date.
Example: "The meeting is scheduled for Monday, and we will have a briefing a day preceding it."
Alternatives: "the day before" or "the prior day".
Nasdaq was criticized by some traders in March when it suspended trading of Yahoo Inc. shares for almost an entire day preceding a company announcement that it would name a new chief executive.
The octogenarian Seattle activist whose face was seen in news media around the world when police pepper sprayed her during an Occupy Seattle protest last month, was honored at a large community gathering on Sunday, Dec. 11, the day preceding a large protest action planned for the Port of Seattle.
However, if you're looking for a good party, the day preceding Nyepi is full of celebrations as people push out the previous year and prepare for their day of quiet observance.
On the day preceding an experimental trial, we positioned barriers to visually isolate the birds at 1700 hours.
On the day preceding an experiment, cells were washed two times with 0.01 M phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and replaced with serum-free RPMI medium.
Bioimpedance was performed in the postabsorbtive state after a 12-hour overnight fast and the day preceding the measurement day was a rest day from intensive exercise.
Sows are highly motivated to build a maternal nest on the day preceding parturition.
Each FT was offered the day preceding or following a national meeting, either onsite or near the conference.
Group itineraries often institutionalize this advice by scheduling an afternoon of shopping on the day preceding departure.
To avoid the influence of diet on performance, athletes filled-out a 24-h food diary on the day preceding the first trial and were instructed to repeat the same diet on the day preceding the second trial.
