predecessors
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And though we may evolve as a people, we also remain the same in many ways: Folks today often act like their predecessors did during Shakespeare’s time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Gen Zers are generally not the biggest creatures of the night and studies show they drink much less than their predecessors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Because we can blame a lot of the difficulty we have with weight loss today on our predecessors of the past – maybe the ultimate case of blame the parents.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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
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
