predecessors

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And on that basis, what he’s doing is incomparable to the many capital renewals of his predecessors.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

That's not enough to ensure that all age groups are richer than their predecessors.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

He also met with Congress more often than his predecessors, according to research External link from Thomas Drechsel, an economic professor at the University of Maryland.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is a former Fed insider who talks like an outsider and has promised to revamp the institution and make a clean break from his predecessors.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

I slept late and spent the tail of the morning reading over my own notes on Palace etiquette and the observations on Gethenian psychology and manners made by my predecessors, the Investigators.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin