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as in extremely
to a great degree
though she didn't win, she was highly satisfied with her personal results for the marathon
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as in greatly
to a large extent or degree
that is highly different from your first idea for a family vacation
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Recent Examples of highly
India evacuates thousands of people from villages near the highly militarized frontier in the Kashmir region.
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Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Owned by two brothers who took it over from their father, who inherited it from his father, the highly perusable store is part pen emporium, part tinkerer’s workshop—all incredibly charming.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
The fight will be the biggest of his career, and will come against a highly motivated opponent.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
But that same process is highly flawed and produces some troubled players.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Owned by two brothers who took it over from their father, who inherited it from his father, the highly perusable store is part pen emporium, part tinkerer’s workshop—all incredibly charming.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
The fight will be the biggest of his career, and will come against a highly motivated opponent.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
But that same process is highly flawed and produces some troubled players.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highly
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No league in the United States is more popular than the National Football League, making the schedule release an extremely exciting day for the sports world.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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The economic sanctions cut off Syria from the global financial system and has made economic recovery extremely challenging after 14 years of grinding war.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Clearly, this solution greatly reduces the carbon footprint of a desalination project, since desalination’s energy requirements are provided by renewable wave power.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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This work focuses greatly on advanced techniques such as model compression, quantization, and distributed inference along with federated learning.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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You’re Obsessed With Learning About The Business Compared to hobbies, which are usually for fun and leisure, business is a very serious undertaking.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The latest trailer was released on May 14, and it's packed with heroic vibes, jaw-dropping visuals, and what looks like a very annoyed protagonist.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
14 May 2025
Adverb
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How anyone thought that this was the most engaging use of a seemingly competent third-person flight-combat system is utterly baffling.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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After playing just one division foe over the first six weeks of the season — a three-game sweep of the utterly helpless Colorado Rockies last month — the Dodgers are finally getting into the meat of their division schedule.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Learning the basics of how to analyze and visualize data could be incredibly valuable.—
Nono Bokete,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Adverb
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Listen to this article 2 min Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce will be getting his steps in after his Game 2 Celtics-Knicks prediction ended terribly for him.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
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The Celtics are doing that and shooting terribly, following up a 25 percent 3-point shooting performance in Game 1 with a 25 percent performance in Game 2.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
Adverb
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That seems much more acceptable and my prediction is – given the enormous cost savings that can be achieved – the trucking industry will be the first to be disrupted by autonomous vehicles.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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But Payton stressed that the Broncos won’t pile too much onto Harvey’s plate too soon.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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But the inflation-dampening effects of tariffs could persist and even widen in the April CPI report, set to be released Tuesday, and the May numbers too, Sweet said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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If your customer is growing, your relationship should too.—
Terry Chen,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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“Highly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highly. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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