predecessors
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Bear with me, because I’m about to explain why I have some hope that Raman might do a better job on homelessness than her predecessors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Tiwari's Ramayana arrives with technological resources its predecessors could barely have imagined - but also with the expectations of generations who have grown up with the story and its characters.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The idea that these funds could generate the same returns as their predecessors makes no sense.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Because Warsh hasn’t narrated the committee’s thinking in the way his predecessors often did, investors now have to listen more carefully to everyone else, said Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Even Newton, though, relied on his immediate predecessors, in particular Galileo Galilei and René Descartes, and in that sense his contributions followed naturally from what went before.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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