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predecessor

[pred-uh-ses-er, pred-uh-ses-er, pree-duh-ses-er] / ˈprɛd əˌsɛs ər, ˌprɛd əˈsɛs ər, ˈpri dəˌsɛs ər /


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GTA 6 is expected to surpass its predecessor on every level, not only in scale and scope, but also in revenue.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Albanese's conservative predecessor Tony Abbott landed in hot water in 2015 for laughing at a joke by his immigration minister about time-keeping on Pacific islands and the threat of sea flooding due to climate change.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

By blaming his predecessor, he has deflected attention from his own promise to improve things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

But much like its predecessor, there’s plenty of petty clashes and misunderstandings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Finally, of course, my mother’s upraised hand is a kind of warning, too, a predecessor of the black box.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Chris Robshaw, one of Itoje's predecessors, was haunted by those decisions.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

References to his predecessors have been removed from the constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The idea that these funds could generate the same returns as their predecessors makes no sense.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

In August, the great Ricky Ponting, one of his predecessors as Australia's number three, called for the axe to fall.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

For the new scientists of the second half of the seventeenth century were in a quite different position from their classical, Arab and medieval predecessors.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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