granddaddies

variants also grandaddies
plural of granddaddy
as in ancestors
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed the granddaddy of all English mystery novels

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Noun
  • Demosponges are soft and squishy filter feeders and their ancestors likely shared similar characteristics.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The African roots of cumbia are expressed not only through its percussion instruments - the tambor alegre, the llamador and the tambora - but also through the voices of ancestors reflected in the sung dances of the region.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • But there’s growing evidence that the current shutdown is somewhat different from its predecessors.
    Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • None of his three immediate predecessors — Will Muschamp, Jim McElwain and Dan Mullen — lasted four full seasons.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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