forerunner

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She made the leap to the small screen in the 1950s on Children's Television Club, a forerunner of Blue Peter.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

And in a section about advances in structural engineering, the museum presents one of its signature possessions—the 1878, 9-foot-high forerunner model of the Statue of Liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

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

A few years later, McKean made an appearance on “Mr. Show,” as a condescending law professor, a forerunner of Chuck McGill, while Odenkirk’s character on that episode has a touch of Jimmy McGill’s DNA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

But perhaps my aunt, my forerunner, caught in a slow life, let dreams grow and fade and after some months or years went toward what persisted.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston