precursors

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Precursors of the law were actually drafted in the early decades of the 20th century, when they were intended to stop harassment via telephone and the mail.

From The Verge • Feb. 7, 2022

Precursors to modern reality TV included "The Real World," which depicted strangers living together.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021

Precursors of all these characteristics, with the exception of religion, can be found in the animal kingdom.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2014

Leatherback – a Category IV – is even kitted out with an EMP-emitting organ on its back, a structure that the Precursors have apparently built into the Kaiju’s design to deal with the Jaeger response.

From Scientific American • Jul. 25, 2013

“The Precursors of the Violin Family,” chap. viii.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various