5
lead(verb, rank, head, anticipate, surpass)
5
precede(verb, lead, head, anticipate, stand)
4
antecede(verb, lead, head, anticipate, stand)
4
go before(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate)
4
stay ahead
3
head up(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate)
3
outrank(verb, lead, head, anticipate, stand)
3
rank(verb, lead, have, head, anticipate)
3
triumph(verb, top, head, succeed, win)
3
usher in(verb, expression, foreshow, antecede, preexist)
2
antedate(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage)
2
be ahead of(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow)
2
forerun(verb, lead, head, anticipate, stand)
2
go ahead
2
go in advance(verb, expression, idiom, lead, head)
2
harbinger(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow)
2
have a head start(expression, idiom, lead, head, anticipate)
2
head(verb, top, lead, anticipate, presage)
2
herald(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow)
2
in space(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate)
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