predecessors
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His predecessors relied on blind trusts, divestments or investments in diversified mutual funds and Treasury bills to limit ethics concerns.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
While the plane has royal comforts, such as oversize leather seats that turn into beds, Air Force officials have acknowledged the plane doesn’t have all the features of its predecessors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Those who worked alongside him in the Northern Ireland Office say he understood the political tightrope involved in the job, and in that way he succeeded where many of his predecessors failed.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Powell stepped up the frequency of press conferences to every meeting in January 2019 — a change from his two immediate predecessors, who held them four times a year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
But as the largely self-educated son of a Kentucky farmer, he wasn’t able to tap into the knowingly arcane by-ways of classical history with which his predecessors were able to signal their patrician credentials.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
