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Herald

/hˈɛrəld/
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(noun) A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

It was the lark, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.
Swallows herald the summer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The blooming of the cherry blossoms is often seen as a ____ of the beginning of spring.

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