predecessors

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Compared to its most recent predecessors, “Middle of Nowhere” is a thematically generous record that finds Ms. Musgraves thinking outside of herself, setting aside diaristic monologues in favor of story.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The extent to which he has reshaped U.S. politics and society is rivaled by few of his predecessors; presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Incendiary is certainly a word one could use to describe public sentiment toward AI, which has barged into public life with a pace and aggression unlike any of its technological predecessors.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Other Fed chairs have brought significant personal wealth from prior private-sector careers, but Warsh’s financial holdings, dozens of which he said couldn’t be disclosed because of existing confidentiality agreements, appear to exceed his predecessors’.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The failures of your predecessors will guide you.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan