Double possibility? Semantics?

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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The odds that a company will thrive are ______ if any critical process is confined to a single method of operation; ______ by itself offers a significant competitive advantage.

Is it a double possibility question? I was able to identify the support and contrast. I wasn’t able to identify the semantics.

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Yeah, I would say so, both ideas are incomplete (have blanks)

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Possible semantics:

  1. low, multiple methods of operations (opposite of single method)
  2. high, specialization (single method)

Are these possible pairs?

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Agreed!

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This says that a critical process is confined to a single method of operation. This would make the first blank a negative connotation right?

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Oh, good point, perhaps that IS a clue

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Hey, could you help me to identify the support and contrast word for this sentence? I was able to figure out if its a double possibility but cant get the correct contrast word in this sentence

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The support in the sentence is the semicolon and “if any”.
You can start by finding the ideas/pieces of the sentence.

The way I did it was:

  1. The odds that a company will thrive are ______
  2. critical process is confined to a single method of operation
  3. ______ by itself offers a significant competitive advantage.
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