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The share of the population 65 and older was 16% in 2018, up 3.2% from the prior year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

根据美国人口普查局的数据，2018年65岁及以上人口所占比例为16%，比前一年上升了3.2%。

Because the California law applies to all boards, even where there is no history of prior discrimination, courts are likely to rule that the law violates the constitutional guarantee of “equal protection”.

由于加州的这项法律适用于所有董事会，即使是那些以往不存在歧视的董事会，法院很可能会裁定该法律违反了宪法对“平等保护”的保障。

It will settle the prior controversies.

它将解决之前的争议。

Prior knowledge and interests influence what we experience, what we think our experiences mean, and the subsequent actions we take.

先前的知识和兴趣影响着我们经历什么、我们认为这些经历意味着什么，以及我们随后采取的行动。

A federal appeals court overturned the prior decision, ruling that Myriad Genetics could indeed hold patents to two genes that help forecast a woman’s risk of breast cancer.

一家联邦上诉法院推翻了先前的判决，裁定麦利亚德基因公司确实可以持有两个有助于预测女性乳腺癌风险的基因的专利。

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在……之前

Prior to forming a growth team, the software company BitTorrent had 50 employees working in the [traditional] departments of engineering, marketing and product development.

在组建增长团队之前，软件公司BitTorrent有50名员工，分别在工程、营销和产品开发这几个{{5}}部门工作。