Sentence examples for predecessor of from inspiring English sources

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foregoing of

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pioneer of

"predecessor of" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you are referring to something as the predecessor of something else, indicating that it came before. For example, "The predecessor of the modern car was the horse and buggy."

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Missed "Twilight", the predecessor of "New Moon"?

The Economist

The Assembly of Delegates is the predecessor of the Senate.

Cornell University

Warwick Armstrong was a distant predecessor of Mr Waugh's.

The Economist

The immediate predecessor of this culture is not yet known.

Britannica

(e)(3), is the predecessor of section 8338 of this title.

Cornell University

Created by the U.S. War Department, it was the predecessor of today's ROTC.

Cornell University

Establishment of the DeLamar Institute of Public Health, predecessor of the Mailman School of Public Health.

Columbia University

* The Parisian predecessor of the London "Boris Bike" scheme is known as Vélib'.

Independent

The second idea was an aerial screw, the predecessor of the helicopter.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Century 21, the predecessor of the popular Lower Manhattan discount store, still draws crowds on 86th.

The New York Times

The board was the modern predecessor of today's Board of Health.

The New York Times

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