predecessor

Example Sentences

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He will be paid £565,000 a year, the same as his predecessor, and one of his first tasks will be to appoint a deputy.

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Atkins warned what he “would really hate to see” is a future regulator reverting to the adversarial posture of his predecessors.

From Barron's

The Croat deserves sympathy, not least as he comes to terms with the death of his father, but also because he walked into a toxic atmosphere which built up under sacked predecessor Thomas Frank.

From BBC

He suggested that they are behaving differently than their predecessors.

From BBC

His predecessor Anne Hidalgo had made her mark with vigorously anti-car policies which were in general supported by voters.

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