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development(noun, advance, increase, raise, gain)
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expansion(noun, advance, increase, raise, rise)
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refinement(noun, appearance, quality, improvement, surface)
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progress(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
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amplification(noun, development, evolution, illustration, breakthrough)
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progression(noun, development, improvement, evolution, breakthrough)
12
enlargement(noun, advance, increase, raise, gain)
10
growth(noun, advance, increase, raise, gain)
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advance(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
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cultivation(noun, appearance, quality, development, surface)
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embellishment(noun, explanation, improvement, excess, ornament)
10
evolution(noun, progress, growth, preparation, expansion)
10
evolving(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
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elaborateness(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
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extension(noun, raise, gain, rise, development)
9
gain(noun, raise, rise, progress, development)
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intricacy(noun, complication, multiplicity, complicacy)
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advancement(noun, improvement)
8
decoration(noun, ornament, exaggeration, embellishment, ornamentation)
8
embroidery(noun, excess, exaggeration, decoration, embellishment)
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