precursor
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A UN disaster risk reduction report released in mid-May hinted they could be a precursor to a large earthquake.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
Then-Mayor Rodrigo Guerrero, a Harvard-trained epidemiologist, began treating homicides as a public-health epidemic—mapping violence patterns to deploy police and social programs, a precursor to modern data-driven policing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Susan Freeman, the wife of City Manager Mike Futrell, filed the claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Even more striking, feeding the worms phosphatidylcholine or its precursor, choline, restored a more youthful mitochondrial structure within just two days.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
That could have been the precursor to an independent African discovery of iron metallurgy.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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