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highly developed

adjective as in sophisticated

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She is a single mom down to her last few dollars, but she’s smart and resourceful and possesses highly developed investigative Spidey senses.

Some are highly developed and resemble suburbs of Israeli cities, while smaller outposts often have only a few caravans.

In the mid-1800s when the railroad came through Tacoma, the bay was filled and reshaped to support a highly developed expanse of industry, turning miles of the Puyallup River delta into a federal Superfund site, a designation reserved for the most polluted sites in the country.

Pebanista and Platanista both share highly developed facial crests, which are specialized bony structures associated with echolocation -- the ability to "see" by emitting high-frequency sounds and listening or their echoes, which they rely on heavily for hunting.

"They also have highly developed brains and live in structured groups, with very specific rules governing interactions between individuals. Play permits them to build not only physical skills, but also the skills of social interaction."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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