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- noun Plural form of
predecessor .
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Examples
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One of the greatest advantages modern man has over our predecessors is access to modern dental care and, combined with dietary changes and advances in medical care, is largely responsible for our much increased life expectancy.
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RAZ: When you compare President Obama to his predecessors, is he doing anything wrong when it comes to trying to tell his narrative in the story of what his administration has been able to do?
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"There are new expectations of public — and legal — accountability that have developed," said Sir John, who, like predecessors, is referred to as "C," after the service's first chief, Mansfield Cumming.
British Spy Chief Breaks Agency's History of Silence Cassell Bryan-Low 2010
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Once newly elected governments have had time to make their own mistakes, or even become associated with contemporary disasters that are not of their own making, nostalgia for predecessors is likely to grow.
The Euphoria-Disillusion Cycle, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Lemann's second claim, that Obama passed more liberal legislation than his predecessors, is also wrong.
Robert Kuttner: What Lessons of Election Day? Robert Kuttner 2010
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RAZ: When you compare President Obama to his predecessors, is he doing anything wrong when it comes to trying to tell his narrative in the story of what his administration has been able to do?
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So I guess the charts, reports and numbers provided by ThinkProgress in previous posts showing that Obama has gotten plenty done in his first year and more so than his predecessors is not enough?
Matthew Yglesias » Obama > Congressional Democrats > Congressional GOP 2010
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Lemann's second claim, that Obama passed more liberal legislation than his predecessors, is also wrong.
Robert Kuttner: What Lessons of Election Day? Robert Kuttner 2010
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So I guess the charts, reports and numbers provided by ThinkProgress in previous posts showing that Obama has gotten plenty done in his first year and more so than his predecessors is not enough?
Matthew Yglesias » Obama > Congressional Democrats > Congressional GOP 2010
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Lemann's second claim, that Obama passed more liberal legislation than his predecessors, is also wrong.
Robert Kuttner: What Lessons of Election Day? Robert Kuttner 2010
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