forerunner

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Two years later, though, Jospin won a revenge of sorts when the cocky Chirac called an early general election, expecting his right-wing RPR party -- forerunner of Nicolas Sarkozy's Republicans -- to win easily.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Brought online with the Cuban missile crisis, the system linked remote computers via telephone lines, a forerunner to the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

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

The paper's forerunner, named the Standard, launched 197 years ago, with an evening version added in 1859.

From BBC • May 29, 2024

A few months later he was summoned to the 'Big House’, the headquarters of the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall