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<media type="none"/><head><title>Sentence Match</title><task>Type in the word missing from the sentences.</task></head>
<body findword="beginning">
<item><text>She spoke of a new _________ for the nation.</text></item>
<item><text>It was an auspicious _________ to his long career.</text></item>
<item><text>This invention marked the _________ of the modern age.</text></item>
<item><text>2001 saw the _________ of a period of rapid growth.</text></item>
<item><text>a custom that traces its _________s to the 15th century</text></item>
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