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                    as in great
                                                
              
          
                                                      of the very best kind                                       
              
                             what a swell time we had at the country club dance                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in happening
                                                
              
          
                                                      being in the latest or current fashion                                       
              
                             in its heyday as a summer resort, the town was known for its swanky hotels and swell restaurants                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to increase
                                                
              
          
                                                      to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number                                       
              
                             the club membership has really swelled in recent months                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in to expand
                                                
              
          
                                                      to make greater in size, amount, or number                                       
              
                             more layoffs will swell the ranks of the unemployed to unprecedented levels                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to protrude
                                                
              
          
                                                      to extend outward beyond a usual point                                       
              
                             at that point the Congo River swells and forms Malebo Pool                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in projection
                                                
              
          
                                                      a part that sticks out from the general mass of something                                       
              
                             the graceful swell of the bottle was meant to be evocative of the female figure                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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