Sentence examples for preceding from inspiring English sources
"preceding" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to refer to an event or thing that happened or existed before something else. For example: "The preceding year was filled with successes and disappointments.".
To be considered for publication on Saturday, emails should include a full postal address (not for publication), must reach us by midday on the preceding Tuesday and may be edited.
Excavations in the fort show the area was inhabited in five preceding Delhis, and even earlier, reportedly back to 300 BC.
We shouldn't be surprised to see growth moderate somewhat from the very robust rate in the preceding quarter.
(2006) (statement of Michael Hayden) (stating, in debate preceding passage of FAA's predecessor statute, that certain communications 'with one end in the United States" are the ones "that are most important to us').
By the end of the lesson we had both made it upright several times – very briefly, admittedly, and always preceding an epic wipeout – and felt quite proud of ourselves.
That's the fundamental," Scullion told media, adding that it was a successful aspect of the policy preceding RJCP.
The vote immediately preceding it is to decide whether Israel should be suspended from the governing body over its treatment of Palestinians.
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