1
as in extremely
to a great degree
though she didn't win, she was highly satisfied with her personal results for the marathon
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as in greatly
to a large extent or degree
that is highly different from your first idea for a family vacation
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Recent Examples of highly
Maresca’s team were also highly aggressive out of possession against the European champions, pressing man-to-man.
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
The condition is highly contagious to other members of the canine family, such as dogs, but does not spread to humans, the department said.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Its diverse gastronomic offerings are also a hit with young people; 95% rated the food scene highly.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
These galactic cores are called active galactic nuclei, or AGNs; and in fact, the monster black holes powering these phenomena can also funnel matter outward in the form of highly energetic jets of particles moving at nearly the speed of light.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
The condition is highly contagious to other members of the canine family, such as dogs, but does not spread to humans, the department said.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Its diverse gastronomic offerings are also a hit with young people; 95% rated the food scene highly.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
These galactic cores are called active galactic nuclei, or AGNs; and in fact, the monster black holes powering these phenomena can also funnel matter outward in the form of highly energetic jets of particles moving at nearly the speed of light.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highly
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Dern’s casting as Hank's mom was extremely meaningful to Butler, whose mother Lori died of cancer in 2014.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Having a healthy Parsons ready to rock for the team's matchup against the Lions will be extremely important.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Remember what’s considered attractive is very subjective and greatly shaped by what’s seen in entertainment and various types of media.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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By the looks of it, news of rock music’s slow and painful death under ever-widening pop hegemony is greatly exaggerated.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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There will also be fun for the kids in their very own Kids Fun Zone.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
31 Aug. 2025
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Except for very special occasions, videos longer than a few seconds are much less likely to be re-watched or shared.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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And Just Like That left us with felt, sadly and utterly disappointingly, far more one-dimensional.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Kudos to Kan-Kan for making movie-going utterly pleasant.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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Photo: Levi Kelly A house this small needs to be incredibly efficient.—
Levi Kelly,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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That’s incredibly refreshing and reminded us of Daytona’s thrilling nature.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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But something went terribly wrong when, about nine years ago, David was out on a mission ordered by Juno: and he and his team were ambushed.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
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But dashing from one building to another for meetings wasn’t a terribly efficient way of working.—
Dana Thomas,
Architectural Digest,
18 Aug. 2025
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In addition, Chinese students also represented just under 40% of international enrollments in Japan, a country where tuition is much cheaper than in Anglophone destinations.—
Anna Esaki-Smith,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The 1960 movie — powered by Bernard Herrmann's chilling score, Anthony Perkins' unnerving portrayal of hotel manager Norman Bates (for the movie, much younger than the character in Bloch's novel) and Hitchcock's uncanny showmanship — revolutionized the horror genre.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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All 12 dogs were saved, and most have been adopted, too!—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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But this preseason, the circumstances that so often befell a roster already too thin to begin with didn’t manifest themselves for a change.—
Howard Megdal,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Highly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highly. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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