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complicate
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Verb
down
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Verb, Verb
polish
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Verb, Verb, Noun
elaborate
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Noun, Verb
hone
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Noun, Verb
revise
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Verb
tweak
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Noun
improve
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Verb
develop
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Verb
evaluate
x/xx
Verb, Adverb
sharpen
/x
Verb
redefine
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Verb
reshape
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Verb
optimize
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Verb
reformulate
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Verb
modify
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Verb
streamline
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Verb
expand
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Verb
strengthen
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Verb
codify
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Verb
validate
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Verb
refinement
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Noun
broaden
/x
Verb
formulate
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Verb
iterate
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Noun
systematize
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Verb
enhance
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Verb
solidify
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Verb
simplify
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Verb
analyze
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Verb
purify
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Verb
augment
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Verb
distill
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Verb
consolidate
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Verb
contextualize
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Verb
deconstruct
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Verb
synthesize
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Verb
define
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Verb
assess
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Verb
incorporate
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Verb
reassess
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Verb
enrich
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Verb
standardize
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Verb
modernize
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Verb
formalize
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Verb
optimise
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Verb
transform
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Verb
integrate
/xx
Verb
cultivate
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Verb
rework
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Noun
implement
/xx
Verb
analyse
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Verb
prioritize
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Verb
reevaluate
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Verb
reinvigorate
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Verb
soften
/x
Verb
amplify
/xx
Verb
adjust
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Verb
conceptualize
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Verb
reconstruct
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Verb
finalize
/xx
Verb
devise
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Verb
extrapolate
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Verb
deepen
/x
Verb
refocus
x/x
Verb
evolve
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Verb
dissect
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Verb
diversify
x/xx
Verb
characterize
/xxx
Verb
intensify
x/xx
Verb
reexamine
xx/x
Verb
alter
/x
Verb
fortify
/xx
Verb
infuse
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Verb
reinforce
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Verb
revitalize
x/xx
Verb
distil
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Noun
operationalize
xx/xxx
Verb
scrutinize
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Verb
elevate
/xx
Verb
reinterpret
xx/x
Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
invigorate
x/xx
Verb
unify
/xx
Verb
stabilize
/xx
Verb
brainstorm
/x
Noun
perfecting
x/x
Noun
determine
x/x
Verb
build
/
Verb
reimagine
xx/x
Verb
crystallize
/xx
Verb
utilize
/xx
Verb
centralize
/xx
Verb
enliven
x/x
Verb
reorganize
x/xx
Verb
realign
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Verb
strive
/
Verb
strategize
/xx
Verb
customize
/xx
Noun
clarify
/xx
Verb
iteratively
/xxxx
Adverb
recreate
/xx
Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
combine
/x
Verb
disseminate
x/xx
Verb
adapt
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Verb
synthesise
/xx
Verb
help
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Noun
harmonize
/xx
Verb
constrain
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Verb
condense
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Verb
differentiate
xx/xx
Verb
reconfigure
xx/x
Verb
innovate
/xx
Verb
revamp
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Noun
individualize
xx/xxx
Verb
examine
x/x
Verb
modernise
/xx
Verb
normalize
/xx
Verb
explore
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Verb
create
x/
Verb
readjust
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Verb
imbue
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Verb
revisit
x/x
Verb
refresh
x/
Verb
rethink
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Verb
calibrate
/xx
Verb
accelerate
x/xx
Verb
isolate
/xx
Verb
replicate
/xx
Noun
reflect
x/
Verb
revive
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Verb
fine
/
Adjective
pure
/
Adjective
rectify
/xx
Verb
affine
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Noun
sanctify
/xx
Verb
sweeten
/x
Verb
resolve
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Noun
smooth out
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Phrase, Verb
concentrate
/xx
Noun
exalt
x/
Verb
transmute
xx
Verb
reduce
x/
Verb
ripen
/x
Verb
polite
x/
Adjective
quintessence
x/x
Noun
elucidate
x/xx
Verb
tune
/
Noun
narrow down
/xx
Phrase, Verb
beautify
/xx
Verb
sublimate
x/x
Noun
yon
/
Verb
blanch
/
Verb
further
/x
Verb
incrementally
xx/xx
Adverb
civilize
/xx
Verb
mesh
/
Noun
petroleum
x/xx
Noun
crude
/
Noun
absurdities
x/xx
Noun
abuse
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Noun, Verb
adjustment
x/x
Noun
adorn
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
advance
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
affront
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Noun, Verb
algorithmic
/xxx
Adjective
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
amend
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Verb, Noun
analytic
xx/x
Adjective
appears
x/
Adjective
arrears
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Adjective
artifices
/xxx
Noun
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blasphemies
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Noun
blundering
/xx
Noun
breaches
/x
Noun
complete
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
contradictions
xx/x
Noun
corruption
x/x
Noun
cruelties
/x
Noun
debt
/
Noun
debug
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Noun, Verb
deceptions
x/x
Verb
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
delimit
x/x
Verb
delineate
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Verb
demarcate
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Verb
describe
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Verb
design
x/
Noun, Verb
educate
/xx
Verb
enlighten
x/x
Verb
explain
x/
Verb
generalizable
/xx/xx
Adjective
heuristic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
improvement
x/x
Noun
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
indicate
/xx
Verb
interpretive
x/xx
Adjective
involve
x/
Verb
judgmental
x/x
Adjective
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
matching
/x
Noun, Adjective
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
operational
xx/xx
Adjective
pinpoint
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
planning
/x
Noun
prescriptive
x/x
Adjective
purge
/
Noun, Verb
restrict
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Verb, Adjective
retouch
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Noun, Verb
retrieval
x/x
Noun
school
/
Noun, Verb
scrub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
search
/
Noun, Verb
smelt
/
Verb, Noun
solving
/x
Noun
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
specification
xxx/x
Noun
specify
/xx
Verb
stipulate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
train
/
Noun, Verb
update
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Noun, Verb
upgrade
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
workable
/xx
Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective