forerunner
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Among the proclamations of the first French republic was an end to slavery in its island possessions—a forerunner of wider abolition.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
She made the leap to the small screen in the 1950s on Children's Television Club, a forerunner of Blue Peter.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The WTO's forerunner was responsible for negotiating the global agreements that reduced tariffs on trade in goods that helped bring about post-WWII prosperity.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
If Athol Fugard’s “Blood Knot” is a forerunner of Parks’ creation, then Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “The Brothers Size” is a direct descendant.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025
He was sound asleep before the spring night was quite dark, but excessive fatigue, like excitement, was a forerunner of the nightmares that had plagued him for the past year.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Vocabulary lists containing forerunner
Power Prefix: fore-
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: fore-
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