predecessors
- plural of predecessor.
Example Sentences
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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 flooded them with advice about how to serve, how to subvert, how to resign.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 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
Nay, a German professor has written a treatise on the "Greek Predecessors of Darwin."
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
