predecessor

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Even the current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood resurrected it when she responded to a critical report into the department commissioned by her Conservative predecessor Suella Braverman.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Others are more skeptical that Blanche’s tenure will mark much of a shift from his predecessor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

In recent years, his predecessor Francis, who died on Easter Monday last year aged 88, had to give up attending for health reasons.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci will also reprise their roles for the highly anticipated movie, whose predecessor last year finally received a cosign from Anna Wintour.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Just as Jim Crow, as a system of racial control, was dramatically different from slavery, mass incarceration is different from its predecessor.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander