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forerunner, gesture, herald, mark, pointing out, signalization, smoke

., aura, aureole, cachet, chance-half correlation, clue, confidential information, denote, equivocal, evidence, flight, forerunner, gesture, glimpse, gloriole, glory, halo, handstamp, harbinger, herald, hint, lead, lead sheet, leucorrhea, leukorrhea, manifestation, mark, metacenter, metacentre, nimbus, pointing out, precursor, print, rubberstamp, sackcloth, scar, scrape, scratch, seal, seal of approval, shadow, sign, signalisation, signalization, smoke, sounding board, split-half correlation, steer, symptom, threaten, tincture, tip, trace, vestige, wind

naming, signaling

indicating