predecessors

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Elon Musk’s space company could get added to the S&P 500 much more quickly than its mega IPO predecessors.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

That’s why the company spent years looking for a fabric that makes new models less noisy than their predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Harvard may get a more empowering storyline than his florist-hairdresser-retail-clerk predecessors, but the humor is redolent of the same punishing cliches.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

"However, it also appears that his predecessors and successors also engaged in the practice," Cooper said last year.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Our achievements rest on the accomplishments of 40,000 generations of our human predecessors, all but a tiny fraction of whom are nameless and forgotten.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan