forerunner

Example Sentences

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Mr Taylor was the the journalist and cotton merchant who founded the newspaper's forerunner, The Manchester Guardian in 1821.

From BBC

A forerunner testing the course then crashed on his run.

From Seattle Times

Fossils reveal when the major types of sound-production—and sound-detection—structures appeared in the forerunners of today’s invertebrate and vertebrate creatures.

From Scientific American

At community college and USC, Block played for coaches who were among the forerunners of the triangle offense, an experience that made him highly adaptable at reading teammates and playing as a cutter and passer.

From Los Angeles Times

“The vision that he had about the role of the prosecutor and how much it needed to change was really a forerunner of the progressive prosecutor movement.”

From Seattle Times