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accelerated arranged addressed authored allocated adapted assessed acquired allocated advised
accomplished channeled arbitrated changed analyzed adjusted compared administered anticipated clarified
achieved charted articulated conceived appraised applied critiqued approved arranged coached
activated collated briefed constructed audited built defined assigned catalogued collaborate
attained collected communicated created balanced computed derived chaired categorized consulted
competed coordinated conducted developed budgeted constructed detected contracted classified counseled
earned dispensed contacted devised calculated designed determined controlled collected educated
effected distributed conveyed drafted compiled diagnosed discovered decided consolidated explained
elicited established corresponded established computed engineered evaluated delegated convened facilitated
executed executed delivered formulated controlled experimented examined directed edited guided
exercised implemented demonstrated founded disbursed maintained explored enlisted eliminated helped
expanded installed edited illustrated estimated modified found governed employed instructed
expedited maintained entertained influenced figured operated inspected handled gathered modeled
generated offered informed introduced financed prescribed interpreted initiated grouped participated
improved ordered lectured invented forecasted programmed investigated instilled monitored taught
increased outlined mediated launched projected proved located instituted organized trained
insured performed negotiated originated reconciled reinforced measured interviewed planned tutored
marketed prepared persuaded revamped tabulated repaired observed managed regulated
mastered processed presented revised resolved predicted motivated scheduled
obtained provided promoted staged restored rated named structured
produced purchased proposed updated solved recommended presided summarized
reduced recorded publicized visualized specified researched recruited targeted
reorganized rendered published systematized reviewed retained
reproduced served reported tested searched reviewed
restricted serviced represented studied selected
simplified/ sourced responded surveyed shaped
streamlined
sold/upgraded supported suggested verified supervised
solicited translated united
succeeded wrote

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