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foreshadowing(noun, feeling, sign, indication, hunch)
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prediction(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
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prophecy(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, foreboding)
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forebear(noun, precursor, ancestor)
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pattern(noun, sign, original, indication, example)
11
pioneer(noun, sign, indication, portent, herald)
10
forefather(noun, foregoer)
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token(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, example)
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warning(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, example)
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boding(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, foreboding)
8
forewarning(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, example)
8
original(noun, original, standard, pattern, example)
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originator(noun, herald, precursor, messenger)
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envoy(noun, sign, herald, mediator, runner)
7
forecast(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
7
indication(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, example)
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model(noun, sign, original, indication, pattern)
7
precedent(noun, original, pattern, example, sample)
7
prodigy(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
6
advertisement(noun, sign, example)
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