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Match a word preceded by specific words, but not others, and with optional appendixes
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regex.md

Regex

((pre1)|pre2)?(?(1)\s)(?<!notallowed )main word(?(2)-appendix1)

This will match

pre1 main word-appendix1 pre2 main word main word

It will not match

notallowed main word

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