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The phrase "a precursor for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something serves as a forerunner or an early indicator of something that follows.
Example: "The discovery of DNA was a precursor for advancements in genetic engineering."
Alternatives: "a precursor to" or "a forerunner of".
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It was also said the unmanned exploration of Mars should be a precursor for manned landings.
In a way, the film acted as a precursor for the summer to follow.
The Globes are by no means a precursor for the eventual winners at the Oscars.
It was good theater, a precursor for the next two weeks.
"This is really a precursor for the next generation of satellites that will be in space," he said.
This was perhaps a precursor for theastounding metanoia and reconciliation which South Africa was to undergo.
Certainly, his work was to some extent a precursor for hers.
Perhaps a precursor for the anorexia he developed later in life.
In mammalians it serves as a precursor for L-arginine.
Another glycolysis intermediate, 3-P glycerate, is a precursor for serine, which can be used to synthesize ceramide and is a precursor for one-carbon metabolism.
Riboflavin is a precursor for flavin-mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin-adenine-dinucleotide (FAD).
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