predecessors

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Predecessors to our modern cities include not just the proto-megalopolis, but also the proto-garden-city, the proto-superblock, and a cornucopia of other urban forms, waiting for us to reclaim them.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Predecessors Dennis Miller, Colin Quinn, and MacDonald have used “Update” as their own nightclub stage, but Davidson’s bringing the performative rules of social media to SNL: “Weekend Update” is becoming his status update.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2018

Predecessors from the 1980s and ’90s like Mike Kelley and Cady Noland are two obvious formal influences on these and other works in the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2016

Predecessors in that post include legendary diplomats George Kennan, who in 1946 forged the U.S.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2014

Predecessors in office had called it "writing the town report."

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman