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Did you improve things?  \nAdvanced Enlarged Increased Surpassed  \nAugmented Enriched Modernized Streamlined  \nCorrected Expedited Reduced Treated  \nCultivated Extended Resolved Updated  \nDeveloped Implemented Revitalized Upgraded  \nEnhanced Improved Solved  \n7. Did you make changes?  \nAdapted Extended Refined Standardized  \nAdopted Extracted Reorganized Supplemented  \nCentralized Implemented Restored Systematized  \nCombined Improvised Restructured Synergized  \nCondensed Modified Revised Tailored  \nConverted Reconstructed Separated Unified  \nEdited Redesigned Simplified United  \nExpanded  \n8. Did you discover something?  \nAscertained Discovered Perceived Solved  \nDetermined Found Pinpointed Uncovered  \nDetected Identified Proved Verified  \nDiagnosed Learned Recognized  \n9. Did you save the day?  \nAverted Prevented Saved Succeeded  \nDiverted Salvaged Solved Withstood  \nPrevailed  \n10. Did you finish something?  \nAchieved Concluded Finalized Reached  \nAccomplished Ended Finished Realized  \nAttained Established Fulfilled Terminated  \nCompleted Executed  \n11. Did you evaluate something?  \nAnalyzed Compared Perceived Rated  \nAppraised Evaluated Qualified Reasoned  \nAssessed Judged Quantified Reviewed  \n12. Did you observe or pay special attention to something?  \nAddressed Investigated Perceived Studied  \nExamined Inspected Questioned Surveyed  \nExperimented Measured Read Tested  \nExplored Observed Researched Weighed  \n13. Did you make decisions?  \nActivated Approved Decided Resolved  \nAdopted Concluded Determined Settled  \n14. Did you negotiate?  \nArbitrated Mediated Reasoned Settled  \nBalanced Moderated Reconciled Solved  \nIntervened Negotiated Resolved  \n15. 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