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unfolding(verb, start, beginning)
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way out(noun, way)
4
alpha(noun, start, top, beginning, launch)
4
availability(noun, time, show, chance, opportunity)
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clearing
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col
4
conduit
4
discontinuity(noun, break, cut, crack, rest)
4
emptiness(noun, situation, job, void, hollow)
4
fault(crack, hole, gap)
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foundation(noun, adjective, cause, start, beginning)
4
fresh start(noun, expression, idiom, beginning, due to circumstances)
4
incipience(noun, act, start, process, beginning)
4
incipient(adjective, head, beginning, original, prime)
4
incision(noun, cut, mark, scratch, wound)
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interruption(noun, break, cut, crack, split)
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interstice(noun, break, cut, crack, breach)
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leadoff(noun, adjective, act, start, process)
4
means of access(expression, idiom, way, road, entrance)
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nook(noun, break, place, position, function)
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