The phrase "preceding stage" is correct and commonly used in written English.
You can use "preceding stage" when discussing a process or sequence of events, to refer to the step that came before the current one. It can also be used to describe something that happened or existed before a particular point in time. Example: "In the preceding stage of the experiment, participants were given a survey to complete." This sentence is describing the stage that took place before the current stage of the experiment. Example: "The company's success in the preceding stage has given them the resources to expand their business." In this sentence, "preceding stage" is referring to a previous period of time in the company's history.
The directors are allowed to see only a single minute of preceding stage time as rehearsed, the cast are sworn to secrecy regarding all that has come before.
Town life in Palestine gradually expanded after the mid-19th century bce, but the material culture was essentially a direct development from the preceding stage.
South Africa needed only one run from the last four balls of the match to win but a mix-up and run-out ended the game as a tie and Australia advanced with a better record in the preceding stage.
At each intermediate stage of the transformation process, the cipher output from the preceding stage is partitioned into the 32 left-most bits, Li, and the 32 right-most bits, Ri.
As children pass through successive stages of cognitive development, their knowledge of the world assumes different forms, with each stage building on the models and concepts acquired in the preceding stage.
Neel Mukherjee would be the first winner from Kolkata, and – if he continues to head the betting – the first frontrunner in recent memory besides Hilary Mantel to defy the curse of favouritism and emerge victorious (the curse already appeared to operate this year at the preceding stage, with the longlist favourite David Mitchell not shortlisted).
At orgasm the neuromuscular tension built up in the preceding stages is released in a few seconds.
But the tiebreaker made up for the lack of drama in the preceding stages of the match, as Federer raced out to a 3-0 lead before Djokovic reeled off four straight points to take the lead.
In the following, a detailed description of each of the preceding stages is given.
Finally, it was shown that the monitoring procedures are independent against changing the mean shifts of the preceding stages.
This is a good occasion to review the preceding stages of the competition, up to the current A380, before presenting some short conclusions.
