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1. preemptively
 2. proactively
3. preventatively
4. anticipatorily
5. anticipant
6. anticipative
7. anticipatively
8. foreknowledge
9. foreknown
10. foreseeably
 11. forethought
12. forward-looking
13. precaution
14. preclusively
15. predictively
16. predictiveness
17. predictory
18. premeditative
19. preparatorily
20. preveniently
 21. preventively
22. promised
23. prospection
24. prospective
25. providence
26. anticipate
27. anticipation
28. anticipator
29. anticipatory
30. expectant
 31. expectative
32. expected
33. expectingly
34. farsighted
35. forecast
36. forecasting

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