predecessor
noun
a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.
predecessors
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pluralof predecessor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This might not stop willful regulators who want to stop a project approved by their predecessors, but at least developers would be compensated for losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
You hardly need reminding of the backdrop that contributed to thwarting many of his recent, many predecessors: a persistently sclerotic economy and a persistently turbulent international picture, for starters.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
German voters' ardour for him started lower and fell faster than any of his predecessors.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Unlike several of his predecessors, who made their first international trips to the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
His paternal grandfather had made his living handcrafting rowboats for the professional watermen who plied the Thames in London, providing water-taxi and ferry services as their predecessors had done for centuries.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
