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is preceding
  • present progressive of precede (3rd person singular).

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The road disappears and appears again at a higher level, where we see that this mob is preceding and following a company consisting of soldiers clad like the Roman legionaires.

From The Three Eyes by Leblanc, Maurice

It is useless to complain that, in America, Science is preceding Art; that is inevitable.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various

In some instances there is preceding and accompanying febrile action, usually slight in character; in others there may be some rheumatic swelling of one or more joints.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

But in certain respects practice is preceding theory.

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis