forerunner
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angel, foregoer, harbinger, herald, outrider, precursor
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During the nineteenth century, English thinkers like J.S. Mill and George Grote worked to reimagine tumultuous Athens as a forerunner to the placid, liberal Victorian commonwealth. — Nick Burns, The New Republic, "In Defense of Sparta," 7 Aug. 2019 In 1994, Dobson founded the forerunner to Amherst, and by the early 2000s, Amherst was selling $25 billion a year in MBSs to pension funds and insurers. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Meet the A.I. Landlord That’s Building a Single-Family-Home Empire," 21 June 2019 The forerunner to the Saturn V that launched astronauts to the Moon, the Saturn IB, was first used by NASA's Apollo 7 crew in 1968. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: Falcon Heavy ready to fly, Stratolaunch plane put up for sale," 21 June 2019 In 1775, the Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army, was created. — BostonGlobe.com, "This day in history," 13 June 2019 As the obvious Democratic forerunner and with an opponent like this, Hick will be able to attract a broad base of financial backers from across the country to help him defeat Gardner. — Doug Friednash, The Denver Post, "Friednash: Run for Senate, Hick," 16 Aug. 2019 For White — an Indiana native who considered a career in opera before discovering musicals at an arts academy in Michigan — the aspiration seemed limitless thanks to forerunners like McDonald. — Peter Marks, Washington Post, "More actors of color are being cast in roles traditionally played by whites — while feeling extra pressure to succeed," 9 Aug. 2019 Dvir was the grandson of a prominent religious nationalist rabbi, Benjamin Herling, one of the forerunners of the settlement movement, who was killed by a Palestinian gunman near the West Bank city of Nablus in 2000. — Los Angeles Times, "Hundreds attend funeral of Israeli soldier stabbed to death," 8 Aug. 2019 Also on this day: 1907: The U.S. Army Signal Corps establishes an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force. — Fox News, "This Day in History: August 1," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'forerunner.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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