forerunner

Example Sentences

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They might not have taken part in F1 before, but they did compete in its forerunner, the European grand prix championship, in the 1930s.

From BBC

The Actor Awards ignored Erivo altogether, also skipping “Wicked: For Good” for the cast award that its forerunner was nominated for last year.

From Los Angeles Times

His 18th-century forerunners, the London macaroni and the Paris incroyable, had one foot in the court and the other in the city street, but the dandy, posh or not, lived in a middle-class, democratic society.

From The Wall Street Journal

Could this be a forerunner to the Lancashire links staging the men's Open which was last held there 14 years ago?

From BBC

Having Albert Brooks as a best friend likely molded his style too; both were forerunners of a school of comedy that merged a naturalistic, conversational delivery with an absurdist sensibility.

From Salon