predecessors

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Warsh hasn’t been as forthcoming as his predecessors in his public pronouncements on the economy.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

One month in, Warsh is showing what he thinks the role demands, altering the machinery his predecessors built.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

Unlike most of his predecessors, he had not spent decades honing his political skills and building alliances with colleagues.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Woods, 61, doesn’t have the public profile of his predecessors, Rex Tillerson and Lee Raymond.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

Composers of the mid- to late-eighteenth century limited themselves to a small choice of chords partly as a reaction to the harmonic style of their predecessors, but also to emphasise the primacy of the melody.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall