examine
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～ consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
excavate
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～ find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
excavate
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～ form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
excavate
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～ recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
excavate
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～ remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
exceed
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～ be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
exceed
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～ be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
exceed
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～ be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
excel at
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～ be good at; "She shines at math"
excel
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～ distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
except
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～ prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
except
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～ take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
excerpt
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～ take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
exchange
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～ hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
exchange
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～ give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
exchange
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～ change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence