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provenience(noun, cause, start, point)
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occasion(noun, verb, cause, start, reason)
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antecedent(noun, cause, reason, base, matter)
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introduction(noun, cause, start, rise, top)
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wellspring(noun, person, cause, start, base)
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alpha(noun, cause, start, top, beginning)
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ancestor(noun, person, cause, base, beginning)
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bottom(noun, cause, base, core)
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determinant(noun, person, cause, reason, base)
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font(noun, cause, supply, foundation)
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fountainhead(noun, person, cause, start, rise)
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mainspring(noun, verb, cause, start, reason)
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stem(noun, cause, beginning)
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core(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
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day one(noun, expression, cause, start, top)
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entrance(noun, cause, beginning, derivation)
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entry(noun, cause, beginning, derivation)
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generator(noun, cause, basis, derivation)
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impulse(noun, verb, cause, basis)
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inducement(noun, cause, reason, base, matter)
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