predecessor

Example Sentences

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McLaughlin's predecessor - who was also 11 when he began work on the first Harry Potter movie - wished the youngster and his co-stars all the best for the production, saying: "I just want to hug them."

From BBC

He will be paid £565,000 a year, the same as his predecessor, and one of his first tasks will be to appoint a deputy.

From BBC

Atkins warned what he “would really hate to see” is a future regulator reverting to the adversarial posture of his predecessors.

From Barron's

The Croat deserves sympathy, not least as he comes to terms with the death of his father, but also because he walked into a toxic atmosphere which built up under sacked predecessor Thomas Frank.

From BBC

He suggested that they are behaving differently than their predecessors.

From BBC