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> There is no one-word replacement for something being "grandfathered". It's important to consider practicalities here.

In fact, much of this list replaces a single-word term with a longer phrase.

"Bob survived the accident but is now a paraplegic" becomes

"Bob is a person who was impacted by an accident, and he is now a person with a spinal cord injury".

Less precise and much wordier.



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