foregoers

plural of foregoer
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as in ancestors
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
  • Pregnant people may only experience mild symptoms like fever, fatigue and muscle aches, but should be aware that listeria could cause miscarriages, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of their newborn.
    NPR, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
  • That’s why taking proactive measures and treating symptoms seriously matters.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Her ancestors were from Russia, who later fled to Ukraine and settled in Philadelphia.
    Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The idea was to go back to the basic foods that their ancestors ate.
    Chrystle Fiedler, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Trump said that Xi committed to cracking down on the production of fentanyl precursors as well in exchange for lowering tariffs on China.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Alongside the minerals deal, Xi reportedly agreed to purchase additional American soybeans and to strengthen enforcement against the export of chemical precursors used to produce fentanyl—long a major sticking point in bilateral talks.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Perfected by forerunners such as Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette, this fall has already seen two music stars gift us with lay-it-all-out-there lyrics.
    Dan Heching, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.
    Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to Heuisler, after 21 years in barrels the whiskey stood at about 110 proof, and only about a quarter of the liquid actually remained after decades of the angels drinking their share.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Reeves gives life to John Constantine, a chain-smoking cynic with the ability to perceive the true visage of half-angels and half-demons.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What drove Roosevelt to diverge from his predecessors in his press dealings?
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In 1865, Congress tried and failed to fund a bust of him to be placed in the Capitol along with those of his predecessors.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Trade discussions dominated those meetings, but there were signs of growing tensions over Beijing’s surging conventional and nuclear arsenal.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Thanks to their thoughtful preservation efforts, signs of the past remain.
    Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • There’s even a design echo between the nomadic Mongolian ger — the traditional felt tent sometimes referred to as yurts — and the Martian dome prototypes being developed by the MARS-V engineering team.
    Rosanna Philpott, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • By comparison, the latest prototypes from Helix, Donut Labs, H3X, and Equipmake offer power densities between 13 and 25kW/kg, still less than half of YASA’s new record.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Foregoers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foregoers. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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