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predecessor

noun as in something, someone that comes before

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The new model, however, has 60 percent more air capacity than its predecessor, which allows for greater adjustments between soft and firm.

He years ago pushed for an infrastructure tax hike that ultimately never happened and has supported tax hikes more than his predecessor.

She was hired behind closed doors, before the public even knew that her predecessor was leaving.

Two factions, the Greens and Blues—the predecessors of today’s soccer hooligans—broke into a fight.

Lewis and Libby dove deep into Marten’s tenure, including how she got the job — and how her predecessor may be set up to take a similarly unconventional path to lead the district.

Under the current president and his predecessor, Jett notes, the ambassadorship of Belize has gone to college roommates.

Austin Mahone, the teenage pop star with a more wholesome image than his predecessor Justin Bieber wants to tell you his story.

The 247 was the first airplane really to define the form of a modern airliner, flying faster and higher than any predecessor.

Scott says he last spoke to his predecessor a few days ago, although he never explicitly gave his blessing.

Now Obama needs his predecessor to help prevent a solid Republican Congress from hassling him all the way to January 20, 2017.

The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.

For instance, the North Midland railway, part predecessor of the Midland, was involved in difficulty.

But the victory of Maubeuge nearly cost him his head, as that of Handschtten had done for his predecessor.

The lofty part of his predecessor Ximenes was out of the range, not more of his intellectual, than his moral capacity.

This is Cervantes's description of the national stage in the time of his immediate predecessor, Lope de Rueda.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to predecessor, such as: ancestor, forebear, antecedent, forerunner, former, and precursor.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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