preceding quarter

collocation in English

meaningsofprecedingandquarter

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preceding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/us
/priːˈsiː.dɪŋ/
existing or happening before someone ...
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quarter
noun
uk
/ˈkwɔː.tər/us
/ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ/
one of four equal or almost equal parts of ...
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(Definition ofprecedingandquarterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreceding quarter

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But the authors remind us that theprecedingquartercentury shows that doctors cannot be trusted either.
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For the last quarter of 1928, there was a substantial improvement as compared with theprecedingquarter.
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A man was committed for trial at quarter sessions very shortly after theprecedingquartersessions had been held.
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Quarterly returns on vaccinations made by health boards refer only to the number of completed courses in eachprecedingquarter.
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This represents an increase of about 2,050,000 metric tons over the output in theprecedingquarter.
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At the end of last year they intimated the amount they had received for theprecedingquarter, and which they were prepared to pay over.
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Personal savings recovered in the first quarter of 1969 after the fall in theprecedingquarter.
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Last quarter's figures, just received this morning, are not only substantially less than those of theprecedingquarterbut less than those of the corresponding quarter last year.
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This move came after a 7.4% drop in company sales during theprecedingquarterof 2010.
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Though close in terms of geographical proximity, their troubled relations over theprecedingquarter century had done much to create an atmosphere of political estrangement.
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Albay contributed 39 percent to the region's investments and posted a growth of 221% from theprecedingquarter.
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Home market sales in the last quarter of 1952 were only 15% of the sales in the three preceding quarters.
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