4
incipient
4
perspective(noun, adjective, feature, state, characteristic)
4
possible(adjective, last, expected, likely, hopeful)
4
promised(adjective, anticipated, potential)
4
proposed(adjective, planned, expected, likely, future)
4
unborn(adjective, future)
4
unfolding
3
budding(adjective, advance, view, success, perhaps)
3
farsighted(adjective, advance, view, success, foresight)
3
hereafter
3
intended(adjective, deliberate, planned, expected, likely)
3
later
3
nearing(adjective, expected, imminent, forthcoming, promising)
3
pending(adjective, imminent, forthcoming, approaching, impending)
3
promising(adjective, advance, view, success, expected)
3
subsequent(adjective, last, planned, expected, imminent)
3
up-and-coming(adjective, advance, view, success, expected)
2
advanced(adjective, advance, view, success, perhaps)
2
after
2
assumptive(adjective, belief, likely, presumptive)
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