forebear

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When he retired after the 1953 season, Leahy had the second-best record in the history of college football, trailing only Knute Rockne, his forebear at Notre Dame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Named for its Star Trek forebear, Holodeck generates a virtually limitless range of indoor environments, using AI to interpret users' requests.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

At the moment, none of the new hominins is convincing as a direct forebear of Homo.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

As with his baseball forebear, Starr's observation has a certain kind of insight.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2023

The forebear flicked up and down, left and right, jumping from rail to rail with the slightest movement of the girl’s feet.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia