forerunner
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The WTO's forerunner was responsible for negotiating the global agreements that reduced tariffs on trade in goods that helped bring about post-WWII prosperity.
From Barron's • May 6, 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
The Grangemouth oil refinery, one of the oldest in the UK, was established in 1924 by Scottish Oils, a subsidiary of the Anglo Persian Oil Company which was the forerunner of BP.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 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
In essence, the OSS was the nation’s spy program—the forerunner of the CIA.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing forerunner
Power Prefix: fore-
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: fore-
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