- plural of predecessor.
predecessors
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Bear with me, because I’m about to explain why I have some hope that Raman might do a better job on homelessness than her predecessors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
That’s one of the primary reasons Mayor-elect Nithya Raman will get a chance to do what her predecessors could not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Bessent has been known recently to keep Wall Street on its toes, foregoing the “regular and predictable” approach favored by his predecessors, wrote Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at Santander U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Compared to its long-form predecessors, the seven-part “Path of the Parallels” focuses more on songs and less on sonic abstraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The American Negro is a unique creation; he has no counterpart anywhere, and no predecessors.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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