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is predecessor
noun
One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
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Bailey, who currently sits on the FCA's board and worked at is predecessor the Financial Services Authority, said his appointment was "a great honour".
Fatty Liver Disease (FLD) - a disease caused by deposition of fat in liver cells, is predecessor to terminal diseases such as liver cancer.
In January 2010 Suicide bombers from IS predecessor organization Al-Qaeda in Iraq struck both hotels, along with the Hamra, killing at least 36.
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The MP180 improves on the brightness of is predecessors, upping the lumens to 30.
It's more expensive than it's predecessor, and is actually watchable.
Zhu Rongji, Mr Wen's predecessor, said that competitive elections should be extended to higher levels, "the sooner the better".
Being lighter then it's predecessor, it can speed up to 6 MPH.
Well, they sure showed their stuff on this one – and made it bigger, badder, and better than it's predecessor.
Yet, they are prone to degeneration in sequence and length to become undistinguishable from RSIs, suggesting that ILEs are predecessors of most RSIs.
The last three before Fernandez were predecessors of Cabrera as the Yankees' center fielder: Bobby Murcer, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio.
Thus, they are predecessors for the approach of using different message types to control processing in data streams.
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