predecessors

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That’s why the company spent years looking for a fabric that makes new models less noisy than their predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Harvard may get a more empowering storyline than his florist-hairdresser-retail-clerk predecessors, but the humor is redolent of the same punishing cliches.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

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

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Like his predecessors, Bettan practised being booed during his preparations for Eurovision, though he admitted it did not compare to the real thing.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Your predecessors failed to protect the Washington family, at great cost.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson