immediately precede
Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words
Used to describe sequence of events.
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- The warm-up exercises should immediately precede the main workout.
- In the moments which immediately preceded the earthquake, an eerie silence fell.
- In a formal speech, the conclusion must immediately precede the closing remarks.
- A brief musical interlude will immediately precede the main act.
- Her promotion will immediately precede a major restructuring of the department.
- The final warning shots immediately preceded the full-scale invasion.
- The warning signs had immediately preceded the system failure.
- Her resignation was immediately preceded by a public scandal.
- A period of intense study often immediately precedes important examinations.
- Please ensure that your application form immediately precedes your resume in the submission packet.
- The police arrived immediately after the alarm, but the burglars had preceded their arrival.
- The dramatic market crash was immediately preceded by a period of irrational exuberance.
- The chairman's resignation was an event that immediately preceded the company's financial crisis.
- The referee's whistle will immediately precede the start of the match.
- Please ensure that the introduction immediately precedes the main body of the report.
- In many cultures, a period of fasting will immediately precede a major religious festival.
- The current economic boom did not immediately precede a period of recession.
- His acceptance speech was immediately preceded by a thunderous round of applause.
- A brief silence should immediately precede the start of the ceremony.
- The teacher asked that the solution immediately precede the problem in the homework.