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Agonistic

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adjective
1 : of or relating to the athletic contests of ancient Greece
2 : argumentative
3 : striving for effect : strained
4 : of, relating to, or being aggressive or defensive social interaction (as fighting, fleeing, or submitting) between individuals usually of the same species
ag·o·nis·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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Adventitious

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adjective
1 : coming from another source and not inherent or innate <a>
2 : arising or occurring sporadically or in other than the usual location</a>

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Alimentary

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adjective
1 : of or relating to nourishment or nutrition
2 : furnishing sustenance or maintenance

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Alterity

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noun
: otherness; specifically : the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation

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Apodictic

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adjective

: expressing or of the nature of necessary truth or absolute certainty

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Aporia

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noun
1 : an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect
2 : a logical impasse or contradiction; especially : a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

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Apothegm

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noun

: a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism

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Apotheosis

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noun
: the perfect form or example of something
: the highest or best part of something

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Appertaining

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intransitive verb
: to belong to or be connected or related to something
Full Definition
: to belong or be connected as a rightful part or attribute : pertain

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Apposite

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adjective

: very appropriate : suitable for the occasion or situation

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Apprehension

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noun
1 a : the act or power of perceiving or comprehending <a>
b : the result of apprehending mentally : conception
2 : seizure by legal process : arrest
3 : suspicion or fear especially of future evil : foreboding</a>

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Autarky

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noun
1 : self-sufficiency, independence; specifically : national economic self-sufficiency and independence
2 : a policy of establishing a self-sufficient and independent national economy

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Autogenous

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adjective

1 : produced independently of external influence or aid : endogenous

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Cadastre

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noun

: an official register of the quantity, value, and ownership of real estate used in apportioning taxes

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Colligate

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transitive verb
1 : to bind, unite, or group together
2 : to subsume (isolated facts) under a general concept

Intransitive verb
: to be or become a member of a group or unit

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Concatenate

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transitive verb

: to link together in a series or chain

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Consociate

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transitive verb
: to bring into association

intransitive verb
: to associate especially in fellowship or partnership

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Diacritical

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adjective
1 : serving as a diacritic
2 a : distinctive
b : capable of distinguishing

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Elide

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transitive verb
1 a : to suppress or alter (as a vowel or syllable) by elision
b : to strike out (as a written word)
2 a : to leave out of consideration : omit
b : curtail, abridge

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Endemic

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adjective
: growing or existing in a certain place or region
: common in a particular area or field
Full Definition
1 a : belonging or native to a particular people or country
b : characteristic of or prevalent in a particular field, area, or environment
2 : restricted or peculiar to a locality or region
synonyms see native

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Entelechy

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en·tel·e·chy\en-ˈte-lə-kē, in-\
noun
1 : the actualization of form-giving cause as contrasted with potential existence
2 : a hypothetical agency not demonstrable by scientific methods that in some vitalist doctrines is considered an inherent regulating and directing force in the development and functioning of an organism

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Epistemic

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adjective

: of or relating to knowledge or knowing : cognitive

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Eponymous

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adjective
: of, relating to, or being the person or thing for whom or which something is named : of, relating to, or being an eponym

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Eremite

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noun
: hermit; especially : a religious recluse
er·e·mit·ic \ˌer-ə-ˈmi-tik\ or er·e·mit·i·cal -ti-kəl\ adjective
er·e·mit·ism \ˈer-ə-ˌmī-ˌti-zəm\ noun

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Eristic

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adjective

: characterized by disputatious and often subtle and specious reasoning

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Ersatz

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adjective

: copied from something else and usually not as good as the original

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Euhemerism

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noun

: interpretation of myths as traditional accounts of historical persons and events

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Facticity

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noun

: the quality or state of being a fact

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Fissiparous

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adjective

: tending to break up into parts : divisive

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Fungible

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adjective
1 : being of such a nature that one part or quantity may be replaced by another equal part or quantity in the satisfaction of an obligation
2 : interchangeable

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Gnomic

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adjective
: said or written using few words that are difficult to understand
Full Definition
1 : characterized by aphorism
2 : given to the composition of gnomic writing <a></a>

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Heteronomy

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noun

: subjection to something else; especially : a lack of moral freedom or self-determination

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Hypostatize

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transitive verb

: to attribute real identity to (a concept)

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Homology

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noun
1 : a similarity often attributable to common origin
2 a : likeness in structure between parts of different organisms (as the wing of a bat and the human arm) due to evolutionary differentiation from a corresponding part in a common ancestor — compare analogy

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Imbrication

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noun
1 : an overlapping of edges (as of tiles or scales)
2 : a decoration or pattern showing imbrication

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Immiseration

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noun

: the act of making miserable; especially : impoverishment

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Incommensurate

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adjective
\: not commensurate: as 
a : incommensurable 
b : inadequate 
c : disproportionate <a>
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Indemnify

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transitive verb
: to protect (someone) by promising to pay for the cost of possible future damage, loss, or injury
: to give (someone) money or another kind of payment for some damage, loss, or injury

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Integument

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noun
: something that covers or encloses; especially : an enveloping layer (as a skin, membrane, or cuticle) of an organism or one of its parts

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Intercalate

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transitive verb
1 : to insert (as a day) in a calendar
2 : to insert between or among existing elements or layers

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Indubitable

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adjective

: certainly true : not able to be doubted

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Interpellate

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transitive verb

: to question (as a foreign minister) formally concerning an official action or policy or personal conduct

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Isomorphic

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adjective

1 a : being of identical or similar form, shape, or structure

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Lapidary

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adjective
1 : having the elegance and precision associated with inscriptions on monumental stone <a>
2 a : sculptured in or engraved on stone
b : of, relating to, or suggestive of precious stones or the art of cutting them</a>

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Mien

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noun
: a person’s appearance or facial expression
Full Definition
1 : air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality : demeanor
2 : appearance, aspect
synonyms see bearing

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Lucubration

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noun

: laborious or intensive study; also : the product of such study — usually used in plural

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Mimetic

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adjective
1 : imitative
2 : relating to, characterized by, or exhibiting mimicry

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Monothetic

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Adjective

Pertaining to or based on a single basic idea or principle.
Describing a classification that is defined by the presence of all of a set of attributes

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Numinous

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adjective

: having a mysterious, holy, or spiritual quality

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Ontogeny

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noun

: the development or course of development especially of an individual organism

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Peremptory

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1 a : putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay; specifically : not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply <a>
b : admitting of no contradiction
2 : expressive of urgency or command <a>
3 a : characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance
b : indicative of a peremptory attitude or nature : haughty <a></a></a></a>

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Pleonasm

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noun
1 : the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said) : redundancy
2 : an instance or example of pleonasm

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Plasticity

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noun

: the quality of being able to be made into different shapes

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Plenitude

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noun
: a large number or amount of something
: the state of being full or complete

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Probity

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noun

: adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness

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Quiddity

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noun
1 : whatever makes something the type that it is : essence
2 a : a trifling point : quibble
b : crotchet, eccentricity

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Putative

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adjective
\: generally believed to be something
Full Definition
1 : commonly accepted or supposed
2 : assumed to exist or to have existed
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Requital

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noun
1 : something given in return, compensation, or retaliation
2 : the act or action of requiting : the state of being requited

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Recondite

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adjective

: not understood or known by many people

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Recrudescent

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adjective

: breaking out again : renewing

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Specular

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adjective

: of, relating to, or having the qualities of a mirror

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Semiology

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noun

: the study of signs; especially : semiotics

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Superannuated

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adjective

: old and therefore no longer very effective or useful

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Stochastic

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adjective
1 : random; specifically : involving a random variable <a>
2 : involving chance or probability : probabilistic <a></a></a>

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Supererogation

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noun

: the act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need

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Superficies

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noun
1 : a surface of a body or a region of space
2 : the external aspects or appearance of a thing

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Syntagma

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noun

: a syntactic element

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Transpicuous

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adjective

: clearly seen through or understood

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Verisimilitude

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noun

: the quality of seeming real

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Veridical

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adjective
1 : truthful, veracious
2 : not illusory : genuine

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Vertiginous

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adjective

: causing or likely to cause a feeling of dizziness especially because of great height

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Minatory

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adjective

: having a menacing quality : threatening

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Mensuration

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noun
1 : the act of measuring : measurement
2 : geometry applied to the computation of lengths, areas, or volumes from given dimensions or angles

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Heterarchy

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A system of organization where the elements of the organization are unranked (non-hierarchical) or where they possess the potential to be ranked a number of different ways. In social and information sciences, heterarchies are networks of elements in which each element shares the same “horizontal” position of power and authority, each playing a theoretically equal role.

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Integument

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noun
: something that covers or encloses; especially : an enveloping layer (as a skin, membrane, or cuticle) of an organism or one of its parts

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Rectilinear

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adjective

: made with straight lines : having many straight lines

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Appetency

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noun

: a fixed and strong desire : appetite

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Prurient

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adjective

: having or showing too much interest in sex

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Equipoise

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noun
1 : a state of equilibrium
2 : counterbalance

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Imbroglio

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Noun
1 : a confused mass
2 a : an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel)
b : an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
c : a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation : embroilment
d : scandal 3a

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