At the board meeting, the chairman will have to address all the averse publicity that the company has received lately, however, he's decided to precede that news with the company's glowing financial reports.
Here are some definitions to help you:
Adverse: preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable.
Averse: having a strong dislike of or opposition to something.
Proceed: begin or continue a course of action.
Precede: come before (something) in time
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