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| accelerated accomplished achieved acquired acted as activated active in adapted addressed adjusted administered advanced advised affected allocated analyzed anticipated applied appraised apprised approved arbitrated arranged ascertained assembled assessed assigned assimilated assisted assured attained attended audited augmented avoided awarded balanced bought briefed brought brought about budgeted built calculated categorized catalogued changed charted clarified classified closed coached collected commanded commended communicated compared compiled composed compounded computed conceived conceptualized condensed conducted conserved consolidated constructed consulted contacted contracted contributed |
controlled converted convinced cooperated coordinated correlated corresponded corroborated counseled created critiqued culminated in cultivated cut cut through dealt decided decreased defined delegated delivered demonstrated designed detailed detected determined developed devised diagnosed directed disapproved discovered dispensed displayed disproved dissected distributed diverted documented doubled drafted dramatized drew up drove earned edited effected eliminated employed enacted encouraged enforced engineered enhanced enlarged enlisted ensured equipped established estimated evaluated examined executed expanded expedited experienced experimented explained expressed extracted facilitated |
fashioned filed financed fixed followed up formed formulated found founded functioned as gained garnished gathered generated governed graduated grouped guided halved handled headed hired identified illustrated imagined implemented improved improvised increased informed initiated innovated inspected inspired installed instigated instilled instituted instructed insured integrated interpreted interviewed introduced invented investigated judged justified kept kindled launched led lectured lifted located logged made maintained managed marketed mastered mediated minimized mobilized molded monitored motivated negotiated nominated nurtured observed |
obtained offered operated optimized orchestrated ordered organized originated overcame oversaw participated patented perceived perfected performed persuaded pinpointed pioneered placed planned played posted predicted prepared prescribed presented presided over prevented printed processed procured produced programmed projected promoted proposed protected proved provided publicized published purchased quadrupled questioned re-evaluated realized received recognized recommended reconciled recorded recruited rectified redesigned redesigned reduced referred refined regulated rehabilitated reinforced related relieved rendered reorganized repaired reported represented reproduced researched reshaped |
resolved responded restored restructured retrieved reversed reviewed revised revitalized revived saved scheduled screened searched seized selected separated served serviced set up shaped shifted shipped simplified sold solidified solved sorted sparked spoke staffed started stimulated straightened streamlined strengthened stressed stretched structured substituted succeeded summarized superseded supervised supplied supported surveyed synthesized systematized tailored taught terminated tested traced tracked traded transferred transformed translated traveled treated trebled trimmed uncovered unified unraveled updated upgraded utilized vacated validated |