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enlarge
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Verb, Verb
amplify
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Verb, Verb
extend
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Verb, Verb
dilate
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Verb, Verb
prosper
/x
Verb, Verb
expound
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Verb, Verb
elaborate
x/x
Verb, Verb, Adjective
inflate
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Adjective, Verb
boom
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Verb, Verb
thrive
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Verb, Verb
flourish
/x
Verb, Verb
blow up
//
Phrase, Verb
flesh out
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Phrase, Verb
get ahead
/x/
Phrase, Verb
spread out
//
Phrase, Verb
condensed
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Verb, Adjective
contracted
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Verb, Adjective
broadened
/x
Verb
diversify
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Verb
widened
/x
Verb
enhanced
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Adjective
grow
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Verb
strengthened
/x
Adjective
improve
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Verb
deepen
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Verb
augment
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Verb
consolidate
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Verb
developed
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Adjective
enrich
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Verb
increased
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Adjective
expansion
x/x
Noun
solidify
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Verb
shrink
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Verb
bolster
/x
Noun
lengthen
/x
Verb
redefine
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Verb
reshape
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Verb
refine
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Verb
intensify
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Verb
modernize
/xx
Verb
reinvigorate
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Verb
accelerate
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Verb
evolve
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Verb
reduce
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Verb
restrict
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Verb
continuing
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Verb
build
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Verb
elevate
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Verb
diminish
x/x
Verb
modify
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Verb
integrate
/xx
Verb
streamline
/x
Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
promote
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Verb
boost
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Noun
complement
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Noun
sustain
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Verb
encompass
x/x
Verb
tighten
/x
Verb
innovate
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Verb
transform
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Verb
adapt
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Verb
encroach
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Verb
maximize
/xx
Verb
stimulate
/xx
Verb
revive
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Verb
simplify
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Verb
constrict
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Verb
incorporate
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Verb
further
/x
Adjective
optimize
/xx
Verb
introduce
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Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
restructure
x/x
Verb
relocate
x/x
Verb
stabilize
/xx
Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
explore
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Verb
invigorate
x/xx
Verb
erode
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Verb
fortify
/xx
Verb
revitalize
x/xx
Verb
outpace
/x
Verb
reorganize
x/xx
Verb
modernise
/xx
Verb
revise
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Verb
allow
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Verb
confine
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Verb
dominate
/xx
Verb
reinforce
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Verb
alter
/x
Verb
cultivate
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Verb
renew
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Verb
create
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Verb
weaken
/x
Verb
proliferate
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Verb
shorten
/x
Verb
connect
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Verb
move
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Noun
facilitate
x/xx
Verb
enliven
x/x
Verb
circumscribe
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Verb
revamp
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Noun
accommodate
x/xx
Verb
define
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Verb
renovate
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Verb
push
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Noun
reach
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Noun
unify
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Verb
help
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Noun
extrapolate
x/xx
Verb
reinvest
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Verb
undermine
/xx
Verb
differentiate
xx/xx
Verb
transcend
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Verb
limit
/x
Noun
constrain
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Verb
colonize
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Verb
propagate
/xx
Verb
engulf
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Verb
replenish
x/x
Verb
maintain
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Verb, Adverb
standardize
/xx
Verb
enable
x/x
Verb
customize
/xx
Noun
adjust
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Verb
dwindle
/x
Verb
tweak
/
Noun
expansive
x/x
Adjective
resize
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Noun
translate
x/
Verb
grow into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
size
/
Noun
scale
/
Noun
convert
/x
Noun
change
/
Noun
deploy
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Verb
compress
/x
Noun
elongate
x/x
Adjective
escalate
/xx
Verb
magnify
/xx
Verb
multiply
/xx
Adverb
transition
x/x
Noun
progress
/x
Noun
pan out
//
Phrase, Verb
grow out of
///
Phrase, Verb
transmute
xx
Verb
compact
/x
Noun
transmit
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Verb
prolong
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Verb
expose
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Verb
open up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
grow on
//
Phrase, Verb
form
/
Noun
take
/
Verb
explain
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Verb
spell out
//
Phrase, Verb
rearrange
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Verb
faster
/x
Adjective
horizons
x/x
Noun
unhindered
x/x
Adjective
nationwide
/x/
Adjective
territorially
xx/xxx
Adverb
uninsured
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Adjective
add
/
Verb, Noun
advance
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
affairs
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Noun
aggregate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
allied
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Adjective
assumed
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Adjective
asymmetric
xx/x
Adjective
auxiliary
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
balloon
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Noun, Verb
billow
/x
Noun, Verb
blossom
/x
Noun, Verb
broader
/x
Adjective
conquer
/x
Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
detail
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Noun, Verb
development
x/xx
Noun
disclosed
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Adjective
disseminate
x/xx
Verb
dwell
/
Verb, Noun
editing
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Noun
enlargement
x/x
Noun
exemplify
x/xx
Verb
expansionary
x/xxx
Adjective
extension
x/x
Noun
filibuster
/xxx
Noun, Verb
format
/x
Noun, Verb
foster
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
generalise
/xx/
Verb
generalize
/xxx
Verb
greater
/x
Adjective
growth
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Noun
heighten
/x
Verb
illustrate
/xx
Verb
impart
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Verb
include
x/
Verb, Noun
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
larger
/x
Adjective
lie
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Verb, Noun
magnification
xxx/x
Noun
make
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Verb, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
raise
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Verb, Noun
redouble
x/x
Verb, Noun
rise
/
Noun, Verb
set forth
//
Phrase, Verb
span
/
Noun, Verb
specialize
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Verb
specify
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Verb
splay
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
spread
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Verb, Noun
stretch
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Noun, Verb
supplement
/xx
Noun, Verb
swell
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Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
upgrade
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
upscale
/x
Adjective, Verb
wider
/x
Adjective
zoom
/
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
save
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Verb, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective