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He needs to distance himself from his predecessor by proving his sincerity about routing Al Qaeda.

The new Thor is outselling her predecessor by 30% – and she's in good company.

"The average fuel consumption has been reduced, in comparison to its predecessor, by about 18 percent," the company noted.

Dyson has unveiled its latest innovative fan, updating its notoriously noisy predecessor by using advanced acoustic engineering.

The interior of the new Sentra is roomier than its predecessor by more than two cubic feet.

While he borrowed heavily from al-Rāzī, Avicenna dismissed his Persian predecessor by insisting that he should have stuck "to testing stools and urine".

Ibsen's next play, Gengangere (1881; Ghosts), created even more dismay and distaste than its predecessor by showing worse consequences of covering up even more ugly truths.

Mr. Putin immediately fulfilled his promise to Dmitri A. Medvedev, his predecessor, by recommending him to Parliament as Russia's next prime minister.

You even hear a hint of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," a predecessor (by a year) in the world of symphonic jazz crossovers.

SAN DIEGO — From mainframes to minicomputers and then PCs, each new computing generation has displaced its predecessor by reaching a broader audience and costing far less.

It was a radical film, one that escaped the B-movie trappings of its predecessor by locking into a genuinely terrifying vision of mankind supplanted.