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The phrase "forerunner of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a person or thing that appears or exists before another similar one, and serves as a precursor for what is to come. For example, "The French Revolution was a forerunner of the toppling of monarchies around Europe in the 19th century."
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NKVD, Soviet secret police agency, a forerunner of the KGB.
That club was the forerunner of what became Berghain.
Pyramids was a forerunner of the game snooker.
Pool was a forerunner of the game snooker.
The forerunner of parchment as a writing material was leather.
The Konversationslexikon was the forerunner of the Brockhaus encyclopaedias.
It was a forerunner of much of his political verse.
The obvious forerunner of "Pariah," demographically at least, is "Precious".
"Bill was the forerunner of the modern middle linebacker".
This group was the forerunner of the Abstract Expressionist movement.
That led to a forerunner of Dr. DeCandido's nighttime work.
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