diff --git a/aspnet/security/cors.rst b/aspnet/security/cors.rst
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--- a/aspnet/security/cors.rst
+++ b/aspnet/security/cors.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Add the CORS services in Startup.cs:
 Enabling CORS with middleware
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-To enable CORS for your entire application add the CORS middleware to your request pipeline using the ``UseCors`` extension method. Note that the CORS middleware must proceed any defined endpoints in your app that you want to support cross-origin requests (ex. before any call to ``UseMvc``).
+To enable CORS for your entire application add the CORS middleware to your request pipeline using the ``UseCors`` extension method. Note that the CORS middleware must precede any defined endpoints in your app that you want to support cross-origin requests (ex. before any call to ``UseMvc``).
 
 You can specify a cross-origin policy when adding the CORS middleware using the ``CorsPolicyBuilder`` class. There are two ways to do this. The first is to call UseCors with a lambda: