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antecessor(noun, sign, example, precursor)
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leader(noun, person, guide, head, star)
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prefigurement(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, foreboding)
5
archetype(noun, original, pattern, example, sample)
5
exemplar(noun, sign, original, indication, pattern)
5
foreshadower(noun, person, show, foresight, precursor)
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announcement(noun, sign, example)
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announcer(noun, herald, messenger)
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ascendant
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author(noun, herald, messenger)
4
avant-garde(noun, precursor)
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bellwether(noun, star, leader, precursor, pacemaker)
4
divination(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
4
forecasting(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
4
foreshadow(noun, sign, example)
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front runner(noun, expression, star, leader)
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mark(noun, sign, example)
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outrider
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preindication(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, revelation)
4
presager(noun, person, show, foresight)
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