Example and Forerunner

Example

Example noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

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Forerunner and example are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forerunner" instead a noun "Example".

Forerunner noun - One that announces or indicates the later arrival of another.

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Example and forerunner are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Example" instead a noun "Forerunner".

notable	notable example	notable forerunner
direct	direct example	direct forerunner
main	main example	main forerunner
famous	famous example	famous forerunner
Other adjectives: ultimate, early, possible.

Cab Calloway was on of the most famous forerunner of this in popular music, "Minnie the Moocher" being the most popular example.

Source: Call-and-Response Song
Golden Axe (More of a forerunner to Hack and Slash genre, but the 2008 game Golden Axe: Beast Rider is a straight example of one)

Source: Hack and Slash
Before she and Kristin wrote the abovementioned House of Night example, her world of Parthelon, as seen in her Divine by series and its related side stories, served as a forerunner.

Source: Mary Suetopia

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