predecessor

His task was to clean up an organisation tainted by corruption allegations following the resignation of predecessor Sepp Blatter.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Though, as far as first impressions go in this conference, Chesney certainly had a leg up on his predecessor, who stumbled through his own opening address two years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Sepp Blatter, Infantino's disgraced predecessor, drew attention to the American connection.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

As with its predecessor, Rick Rubin is back in the producer’s chair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

She brings a change in tone compared with her grizzled predecessors, like Leo Gerard, the union’s longest-serving president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

It’s a worthy goal he has done much to accomplish, as none of his predecessors would.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Unlike his predecessors, Burnham opted not to use a lectern and did not have any notes to hand as he stood in front of the famous black No 10 door to address the nation.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Even Newton, though, relied on his immediate predecessors, in particular Galileo Galilei and René Descartes, and in that sense his contributions followed naturally from what went before.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin