Related Words for tells

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say
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recite
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narrate
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recount
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ascertain
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enjoin
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evidence
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demonstrate
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assure
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differentiate
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distinguish
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order
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separate
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spin
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state
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informs
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reminds
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explains
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asks
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reveals
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convinces
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learns
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confides
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writes
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reassures
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discovers
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uncovers
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understands
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opines
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teases
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exclaims
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observes
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speculates
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admonishes
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proclaims
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describes
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warns
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implores
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declares
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pretends
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realizes
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finds
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thinks
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instructs
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enlightens
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persuades
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confirms
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exhorts
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portrays
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dubs
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quoted
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complains
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exposes
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confronts
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fascinates
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adds
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suggests
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sees
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speaks
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advises
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posits
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hears
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discusses
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mentions
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confesses
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asserts
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gives
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according
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terrifies
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knows
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elaborates
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explores
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imagines
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identifies
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betrays
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urges
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introduces
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laments
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surmises
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cites
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forgets
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scolds
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teaches
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mutters
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inspires
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argues
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insinuates
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amazes
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examines
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discerns
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swears
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confuses
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decides
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angers
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discloses
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seduces
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shows
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herodotus
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Name
plutarch
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Name
bede
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matthew
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Adverb, Name
jeremiah
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Adverb
pliny
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Name
josephus
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Name
stories
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Noun
tales
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tacitus
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Name
ovid
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Name
anecdote
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chronicles
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corinthians
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Name
biographer
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Noun
talmud
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Name
parable
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Noun
bible
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Name
legend
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Noun
lies
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Noun
odysseus
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Name
fable
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Noun
browser
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Noun
compiler
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Noun
hands
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Verb
scripture
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Noun
gut
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Noun
movingly
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Adverb
verse
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Adverb, Noun
twain
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Adverb
jill
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Adverb
saga
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Noun
luke
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Name
autobiography
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Noun
laughs
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amusingly
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tearfully
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krishna
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Name
faust
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Adverb
intuition
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Noun
homer
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Name
heather
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Adverb
apostle
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Noun
visits
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Verb
matt
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Adverb
torah
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Name
quaintly
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Adverb
listens
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Verb
instinct
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Noun
jokes
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bluntly
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Adverb
psalm
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Noun
cicero
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Name
dante
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Name
plainly
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Adverb
genesis
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Noun
smiles
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confidentially
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adventures
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Noun
preface
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Noun
straightforwardly
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Adverb
talks
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theorem
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Noun
memoirs
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Noun
candidly
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ver
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Adverb
conscience
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little
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Adverb
poignantly
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humorously
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petulantly
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Adverb
myth
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Noun
paul
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Name
joy
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Adverb
loves
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proudly
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Adverb
socrates
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Name
disciples
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Noun
forthrightly
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Adverb
cryptically
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Adverb
inscription
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Noun
sings
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Verb
gregory
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Name
eloquently
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Adverb
aristotle
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Name
testament
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Noun
jesus
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Name
moses
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Name
gleefully
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Adverb
gospel
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Noun
account
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Noun, Verb
alas
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Noun
alone
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Adverb, Adjective
announcement
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Noun
announces
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Verb
blues
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Noun
claims
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Noun, Verb
clink
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Noun, Verb
combine
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coming
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Noun, Adjective
communicates
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Verb, Noun
crisp
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
demands
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Noun, Verb
denotes
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depicts
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Verb
desiccation
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Noun
dictates
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Verb, Noun
directs
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Verb
displays
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Noun, Verb
drifts
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Noun, Verb
educates
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Verb, Noun
falsehood
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Noun
flickers
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Noun, Verb
fogs
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Noun
gray
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
has
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Verb
himself
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Verb
hock
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Noun, Verb
honey
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
illustrates
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indicates
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invents
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Verb, Noun
lets
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Verb, Noun
means
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Noun
military
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Adjective, Noun
notifies
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Verb, Noun
outlines
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Noun
pinpoints
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Verb, Noun
predicts
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proves
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provides
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reads
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recalls
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reflects
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relates
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reports
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Noun, Verb
requests
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Noun
shares
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Noun
signals
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Noun
submits
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Verb
unveils
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Verb, Noun
which
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Noun