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Synthetic thinking

the combination of ideas into a complex whole

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Cellular inclusion noun · 78% connection

any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

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Ejection noun · 78% connection

the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

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Evidence noun · 78% connection

an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear"

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Exclusion noun · 78% connection

the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

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Expulsion noun · 78% connection

the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

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Inclusion noun · 78% connection

any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

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Inclusion body noun · 78% connection

any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

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Limited review noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of fin…

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Lit noun · 78% connection

the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"

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Literature noun · 78% connection

the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"

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Review noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of fin…

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Affix verb · 78% connection

To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix rid…