forebear

His forebear Moses Montefiore was a British philanthropist who in 1840 helped secure the release of imprisoned Damascene Jews accused of blood libel—the false claim that Jews used Christian blood to bake matzo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But the sitcom’s true progenitor is “The Golden Girls,” which is also the spiritual forebear to “Sex and the City.”

From Salon ● May 29, 2025

Frances Dinkenspiel is an author and journalist who has written a lot about California, including the book “Towers of Gold,” about her forebear, the pioneering banker and landowner Isaias Hellman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

Named for its Star Trek forebear, Holodeck generates a virtually limitless range of indoor environments, using AI to interpret users' requests.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024

She tipped the forebear forward and we hurtled down some more, and whatever protests I was going to make died in my throat.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

He told Ugen he was "married to the movement" and his forebears had fought against China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

This generation of ETFs isn’t just more expensive and risky than its forebears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Social media, however, and its cabal of influencers operate along many of the same lines as their reality TV forebears.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Within just a few minutes the guards emerged from the crowd, gliding on their forebears, carrying something covered in cloth between them on a little stretcher.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia