preceding
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- v be earlier in time; go back further
- v come before
- v be the predecessor of
- v move ahead (of others) in time or space
- v furnish with a preface or introduction
- a existing or coming before
- s of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
- The preceding week had already seen such huge waves of panic selling that Police Commissioner Grover Whalen stationed an extra 500 cops on the increasingly rowdy streets of New .
- For each of the past 71 years, PTI has picked the single person (man, woman, group or even idea) who, for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year.
- It aired live twice a day, once before the network news with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley and later preceding the Tonight show, which at that time starred Steve Allen.