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
In their attempt at radical transparency about Soviet life, the poet and her collaborators were forerunners of the glasnost that would upend the Soviet system years later.
From Washington Post
The rest of the film then takes place on a distant moon in 2093, as humanity attempts to make contact with its forerunners.
From The Verge
“He was the forerunner,” said Nick Sullivan, the creative director of Esquire.
From New York Times
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