predecessors

Every Avatar seems to have to deal with problems caused or left unresolved by their predecessors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Daco said Warsh's speech was likely to stand in contrast to ones from his predecessors, who often spoke about their vision of economic policy-making or current crises.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Apple says the new chips boast artificial-intelligence performance that’s at least four times faster than predecessors while graphics performance is at least two times faster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

I have already outlived my male predecessors by about six years — the oldest died at 78 — and I suspect I may not have many years left.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

For the new scientists of the second half of the seventeenth century were in a quite different position from their classical, Arab and medieval predecessors.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton