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Intransigent

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Refusing to change ones views about something

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Exonerate

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Clear someone from accusation

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Garrulous

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Extremely talkative

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Laconic

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Brief and Concise

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Taciturn

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Un-talkative, saying very little

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Tempestuous

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Very strong turbulent emotion

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Jubilance

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Great joyous

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Abominable

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Detestable, very bad, hateful

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Diabolical

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Satanic/ evil like

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Appalled

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Horrify

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Mystified

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Obscure or mysterious

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Prodigious

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Impressive/ great/ ordinary

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Perplexed

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Baffled and puzzled

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Exasperation

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Feeling of intense irritation

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Commensurate

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Proportionate

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Side real

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Relating to the stars

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Singular

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One of a kind … Exceptional

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Circumscribed

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Within limits

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Comportment

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Behavior

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Balk at

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Refuse something abruptly

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Retaliate at

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Return for something like

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Ominous

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Giving the expression that something bad is going to happen

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Resolute

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Purposeful

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Futile

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Pointless

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Pragmatic

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Thinking is a very practical way not based on theory

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Plight

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Very bad or dangerous situation

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Jejune

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Naive and simplistic

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Predilection

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Bias

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Contemporary

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Belonging to the present

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Poised

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Elegant

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Decorous

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Polite and proper

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Expurgate

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Remove something known to be inappropriate

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Extradite

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Handover crime to the country of origin

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Turgid

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Pompous .. Swallon

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Eminence

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High rank

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Indigence

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Extreme poverty

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Opulence

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Great wealth or luxuriousness

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Perocity

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Advanced for a given time or age

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Mundane

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Lack of interest or dull

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect in a gradual way

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Fiasco

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Diaster or a mess

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Astute

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Ability to assess the situation and turn into ones advantage

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Reverent

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Deeply respectful

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Ingenious

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Clever and original

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Eloquent

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Fluent and clearly expressing

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Discordant

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Contradictory/ disagreeing

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Nebulous

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Unclear or vague

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Nascent

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Coming into existence

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Perspicacious

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Having a ready insight into understanding of things

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Reticent

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Not revealing ones thoughts readily

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Perennial

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Long lasting

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Refute

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Prove that something is wrong

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Stupefying

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Make someone unable to think properly or shock

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Cogent

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Clear and logical

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Contentious

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Causing an argument

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Ebullience

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Full of energy

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Exonerate

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Release or make clear of some accusation

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Intransigent

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Refusing to change ones views about something

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Impecunious

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Poor or not having money

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Pious

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Religious

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Prolific

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Fruitful or plentiful

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Satire

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Use of humor to ridicule someone

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Stoic

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A person who endures hardships without showing pain

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Vilify

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Speak or write something abusive

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Halcyon

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Peaceful and joyous

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Implacable

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Unforgiving

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Polemical

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Political

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Rhetoric

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Language used to have a persuasive effect on the audience

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Sardonic

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Satiric

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Imperturbable

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Self controlled and relaxed

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Insipid

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Lacking flavor or interest

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Mitigate

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Make less severe

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Obsequious

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Extremely attentive or obedient

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Succinct

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Concise and to the point

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Zealous

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Energetic and enthusiastic

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Plethora

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Large and excessive amount

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Obstinate

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Stubbornly refusing to change ones action

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Mollify

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Pacify reduce pain or soothe

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Sedulous

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Showing diligence

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Vacillate

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Alternate between opinions

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Variegated

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Multicolored variability

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Vigilant

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Watchful and careful

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Vituperative

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Blame or insult in a strong language

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Excoriate

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Criticize severely

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Panegyrics

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Elaborate praise

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Sententious

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Excessive moralizing

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Didactic

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Instructively teaching something

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Lucid

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Clear and bright

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Augment

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Increasing by adding something

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Satiated

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Full or to satisfy

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Detest

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Dislike intensively

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Gauche

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Awkward and ungraceful

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Quiescent

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Inactive or inert

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Fatuous

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Foolish

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Felicitous

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Well chosen and pleasing

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Decorous

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Keeping up with good taste

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Onerous

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Arduous and cumbersome

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Bellicose

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Demon starting aggression or fight

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Desolate

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Devastate or ruin

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Disburse

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Pay out

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Elated

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Extremely happy

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Effusive

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Expressing gratitude

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Curator

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Manager or overseer

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Concierge

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Caretaker

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Verisimilitude

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Real

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Diligent

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Hard working

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Lauding

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Elaborate praise

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Ubiquitous

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Found everywhere