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How to pronounce predecessor in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor
Type of indicant, indication
Type Words
Type of forerunner, precursor
Has types forefather
Derivation precede

Examples of predecessor

predecessor
His predecessor, Hans Schuettler, resigned after less than two years on the job.
From the bloomberg.com
You smartly steered clear of the ideological freedom agenda of your predecessor.
From the washingtonpost.com
In fact, the best thing you can say is that it's not as ugly as its predecessor.
From the businessweek.com
One Democrat he has no qualms with is his Oval Office predecessor, Bill Clinton.
From the edition.cnn.com
Baker has maintained a public silence about the charges against his predecessor.
From the washingtonpost.com
It also brings a claimed three new authentication features over its predecessor.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Both inherited a post-apocalyptic mess from a predecessor of the opposing party.
From the newsweek.com
Brown's predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed 127 of them over seven years.
From the sacbee.com
One activist e-mailed, saying Buchanan is worse than predecessor Armando Tebano.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
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