Preceding
Preceding adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Usage example: had not eaten since the preceding day
Ultimate
Ultimate adjective - Of the greatest or highest degree or quantity.
Nearby Words: ultimatum, ultimately
Both words in one sentence
- All of the beings which you saw on the preceding pages; from the lowly Worm to the wind-riding Sail People, from the megalomaniac Gravital to the ultimate Galactic citizens, lie a billion years dead.
Source: Literature / All Tomorrows -
However, if the player fully raises the Elf and sets one of its abilities to max level, or plays in Ultimate mode, they promptly gain every preceding ability.
Source: Mutually Exclusive Powerups -
And they all get the same Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition treatment other Criterion titles do (the first film referenced in the preceding sentence even got to be one of the first four Blu-Rays Criterion produced).
Source: Sci-Fi Ghetto
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