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bygone(noun, adjective, old, past, foretime)
3
dad(noun, person, individual, ancestor, ascendant)
3
determinant(noun, feature, cause, influence, reason)
3
father(noun, cause, foundation, basis, kin)
3
grounds(noun, cause, reason, object, element)
3
heretofore(noun, old, past, foretime)
3
initiatory(adjective, beginning, opening, original, first)
3
introduction(noun, cause, source, derivation, prelude)
3
originator(noun, cause, sign, reason, authority)
3
parent(noun, cause, foundation, kin, relative)
3
prelude(noun, prelude)
3
principle(noun, support, action, cause, reason)
3
scout(noun, precursor)
3
trailblazer(noun, precursor)
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above
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abovementioned(precedence, priority)
2
agency(noun, feature, influence, point, reason)
2
ahead(adjective, adverb, head, beginning, opening)
2
ancestry(noun, cause, source, history, origin)
2
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