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"serve as a forerunner" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English
It means to act as a predecessor or preliminary stage for something. Example: The latest technological advancements in smartphones serve as a forerunner for the development of virtual reality headsets.
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If he does, it will serve as a flashing beacon that the Republican Party is in serious trouble— just as the 2015 victory of Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin, a Tea Party outsider, was, in retrospect, a forerunner of Trumpism.
This effort was meant to serve as the forerunner of a citywide volunteer pollen sampling network based on the cooperation of existing health care providing institutions, schools, and stations of the operational sampling network of the New York City Department of Air Resources.
Then Dubai, a pearl-fishing port, served as a stopover for the flying boats of Imperial Airways (a forerunner of BA) on routes connecting London to distant colonial outposts.
After serving as a United States Navy submariner in World War II, Mr. Faget joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the forerunner of NASA, in 1946, working on the design of supersonic aircraft.
Birchbox, a startup that serves as a makeup discovery retail platform, has raised $10.5 million in Series A round of funding, led by Accel Partners with First Round Capital, Harrison Metal, Forerunner Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Sam Lessin, Consigliere, Gary Vaynerchuck, Dave Morin, Stanford University Endowment and Andy Dunn participating in the round.
She helped form Clwb Llyfrau Cymraeg, a forerunner of the Welsh books council, and was a keen member of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, the ancient and most pinstripe of all the Welsh expatriate societies in London, of which she served as a vice-president.
— serves as a chaser.
served as a bargaining tool.
Consider serving as a volunteer.
This serves as a handle.
Like Warner, Dupr cknowledges the pagan goddesses who served as Mary's forerunners -- virgin queens like Artemis and Isis (who first bore the title "Mother of the God").
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