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foreshadow(noun, verb, lead, head, anticipate)
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2
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headmost(adjective, head, beginning, opening, original)
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in space(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate)
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initiatory(adjective, beginning, opening, original, first)
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innovative(adjective, development, breakthrough, innovating)
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instigate(verb, make, open, start, leave)
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inventor(noun, discoverer)
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lead off(expression, adjective, head, beginning, prime)
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leading(adjective, head, beginning, original, prime)
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leadoff(adjective, beginning)
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lodestar(noun, model, leader, director, attendant)
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mariner
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outrank(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage)
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outrider(watch, guard, spy, lookout, patrol)
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pacemaker
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pilot(noun, guide, model, head, leader)
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pioneers
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