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Which is to say that automation was preceding just fast enough for us to be able to meet our increasing manufacturing needs without an increasing manufacturing workforce — just like in every other rich country.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2017

Together, the U-Pb age, oxygen and hafnium isotope data will help us understand when and where within the earth a zircon formed, and what its complete history was preceding its latest stage of formation.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2011

Then came a radio call from the City of New York, which was preceding the Eleanor Boiling.

From Time Magazine Archive

The final toll: 29 dead, including Mrs. Estabrook, whose husband was preceding the bus in his car, and 25 injured, including Driver Evan Prothero, 50.

From Time Magazine Archive

On descending into the Uthungu valley, Grant, who was preceding the men, found Makinga opposed to the progress of the caravan until his dues were paid.

From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning