antecedents

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On the chance side, you can find antecedents to what he is doing in the work of Pollock, Marcel Duchamp, John Cage and Ellsworth Kelly.

From Washington Post

You write that "almost all of the court reforms being debated today have historical antecedents in the Reconstruction period."

From Salon

“If the patrolling officers suspect any person, they take their fingerprints or scan their face – the app on the tablet will then check these for any past criminal antecedents,” Naidu said.

From Seattle Times

And yet we now see it as a 50-year process in a longer history that has antecedents in the pre-history in South Africa and has echoes in the post-history to apartheid now.

From Los Angeles Times

But while the sonics have clear antecedents, the lyrical concerns are au courant: Lead singer-songwriter Molly Rankin elevates “Very Online Guy” from social media commentary into something sadder than satire.

From Washington Post