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occurred(verb, existed)
4
had
4
subsisted(verb, existed)
4
prevailed(verb, existed)
4
among
4
had been
3
lasted(verb, existed)
2
indeed
2
long ago(expression, idiom, the past)
2
long since(expression, idiom, the past)
2
occur
2
of old(expression, idiom, the past)
2
of yore(expression, idiom, the past)
2
over
2
some time ago(expression, idiom, the past)
2
subsist
1
erst
1
no longer is(expression, idiom)
1
functioned as
1
some time back(verb, phrasal verb, the past)
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