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	99%	9		Exact Match!
	adjective • serving to promote your interest noun • a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one adjective satellite • appropriate to a purpose; practical
	38%	12		Figure of speech in which a term is used for a part rather than the whole or the whole rather than the part
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	32%	14		Inferred from circumstances rather than directly observed
	adjective satellite • fully detailed and specific about particulars

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