foregoer

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as in forerunner
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed not many people still have manual typewriters, the foregoers to word processors

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Noun
  • And the precursors for that reality may already be in motion, Metzger noted.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • After a follow-up period of 7½ years, the team concluded that higher iron levels in two key parts of the brain were linked to a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment, which is typically a precursor to the development of Alzheimer’s dementia.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Schuyler, who a decade ago sold her company, Epitome Pictures, to DHX Media, a forerunner of Wild Brain Entertainment, was not available for comment on Wednesday.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The reactor is the forerunner to the Aalo Pod, a 50-megawatt modular power plant designed specifically for data centers.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But the new wave of disavowals represents the latest sign that the conflict, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, has become polarizing within the mainstream of the party.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Flowers — purple mums, white and yellow lilies, and pink roses — had been laid near the university sign.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In Rea Rasmussen's case, the process took 18 months and required building genealogical connections back to ancestors born in the 1780s.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These white ensembles with feather motifs rendered the models like angels on earth.
    Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As the show went on, the Winchester brothers uncovered a much larger battle between heaven and hell, joined by Castiel (Misha Collins), an angel who becomes their ally and family, and often clashing with figures like Crowley (Mark Sheppard), the witty king of hell.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This evolved into a prototype chiefly engineered by Burrell Smith, selecting for its CPU the 8-bit Motorola 6809 as an upgrade from the Apple II's MOS 6502 but still keeping costs low.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Working nights in his garage, Trombone built the prototype using personal funds.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Karapetyan initially treated her symptoms as a psychological condition with antidepressants, under the care of her primary doctor.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The symptoms begin with a visit by FBI agents.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pic heralds from Deadpool and John Wick director David Leitch and Bullet Train producer Kelly McCormick’s 87North, and Bill Bindley and Mike Karz’s Gulfstream Pictures (Upgraded), which financed the movie.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Chinese research ships often trespass into Exclusive Economic Zones, and are now seen as a herald to a sovereignty challenge.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Foregoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foregoer. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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