predecessor

Last year, Mullin’s predecessor, Kristi Noem, purchased two new Gulfstream 700 luxury jets for the secretary’s use after the department said the planes being used to ferry the secretary around the country were dangerously outdated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Like its paramilitary predecessor, the Wagner group, the Africa Corps is officially in the Sahel region to help tackle that violence.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Burnham kicked off his Commons statement by paying tribute to his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer, who had announced he was resigning as MP for Holborn and St Pancras just hours earlier.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Dolly’s original investment in Silver Dollar City, the park’s predecessor, was purely to give back to the community and support jobs in the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

I met de Klerk in the same room where I had had tea with his predecessor.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Every Avatar seems to have to deal with problems caused or left unresolved by their predecessors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Daco said Warsh's speech was likely to stand in contrast to ones from his predecessors, who often spoke about their vision of economic policy-making or current crises.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Like their predecessors, they meet most weeks for breakfast and were well acquainted before joining the government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

I have already outlived my male predecessors by about six years — the oldest died at 78 — and I suspect I may not have many years left.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

When we are studying ideas, linguistic change is the key to finding out what people understood that their predecessors did not.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton