as in forerunner
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
the once-ubiquitous typewriter was the predecessor of today's electronic keyboard
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Advertisement His predecessor’s salary also came under scrutiny.
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Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
In a statement, CBS denied the allegations, and said Sony simply does not like the agreement its predecessor signed decades ago.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
That’s the only transmission the model is available with in 2025, unlike its predecessor which was available with either a seven-speed manual or eight-speed PDK.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Where his predecessors made their names aligning with Colombian elites, Petro acted as a renegade and started his own political party.
—Justin Worland/bogotá, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
In a statement, CBS denied the allegations, and said Sony simply does not like the agreement its predecessor signed decades ago.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
That’s the only transmission the model is available with in 2025, unlike its predecessor which was available with either a seven-speed manual or eight-speed PDK.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Where his predecessors made their names aligning with Colombian elites, Petro acted as a renegade and started his own political party.
—Justin Worland/bogotá, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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Being a forerunner in your circle will put you in a good position and enable you to quickly field new possibilities, offering advantages.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Lilly developed its forerunner more than 30 years prior, according to reporting from FiercePharma. Market pricing for prescription drugs creates the incentives that perpetuate this cycle of innovation.Sally Pipes, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough and an ancestor of Winston’s, drew his sword to protect the prince from the panicking crowd, and Samuel Pepys, the celebrated diarist and Royal Navy administrator, witnessed the sinking.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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How brujas use spirituality to honor the ancestors on Día de Muertos.Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, vast quantities of a precursor chemical for amphetamines, benzyl methyl ketone, or BMK, were exported from various Western countries to the Middle East.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Nearly all the precursor chemicals that are needed to make fentanyl come from China.CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Predecessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predecessor. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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