predecessors
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That view is a departure from that of his predecessors, who sought to avoid the appearance of White House interference in the agency’s affairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Gen Zers are generally not the biggest creatures of the night and studies show they drink much less than their predecessors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Because we can blame a lot of the difficulty we have with weight loss today on our predecessors of the past – maybe the ultimate case of blame the parents.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Some of the disappointment, to be sure, is simply markets trying to get used to the very different style of Warsh compared to predecessors Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and Jerome Powell.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
His paternal grandfather had made his living handcrafting rowboats for the professional watermen who plied the Thames in London, providing water-taxi and ferry services as their predecessors had done for centuries.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
