forerunners
- plural of forerunner.
Example Sentences
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Having Albert Brooks as a best friend likely molded his style too; both were forerunners of a school of comedy that merged a naturalistic, conversational delivery with an absurdist sensibility.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025
AMD was founded in 1969 by Jerry Sanders and other veterans of Fairchild Semiconductor, a pioneering developer of what were known as integrated circuits, the forerunners of modern chips.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
The flames would then be spread across the country for about 1,200 forerunners to relay.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024
The forerunners of mammals ruled the Earth for about 60 million years, long before the origin of the first dinosaurs.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024
The two states, Wari and Tiwanaku, were probably the greatest of the Inkas’ forerunners, and certainly the predecessors from whom they took the most.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
