abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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absconder | (noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | - |
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abscondment | (noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: decampment |
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aconite | (noun) any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers | - |
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anaconda | (noun) large arboreal boa of tropical South America | Synonyms: Eunectes murinus |
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anticonvulsant | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug |
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archdeacon | (noun) (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop | - |
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archdeaconry | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon | - |
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archidiaconal | (adjective) of or relating to an archdeacon or his office | - |
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archidiaconate | (noun) office or position of an archdeacon | - |
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arcsecond | (noun) a 60th part of a minute of arc | Synonyms: second |
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attosecond | (noun) one quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond | - |
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bacon | (noun) back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried | - |
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balconied | (adjective) having balconies or a balcony | - |
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balcony | (noun) a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet | - |
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(noun) an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium | - |
beacon | (noun) a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes | Synonyms: radio beacon |
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(noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | Synonyms: beacon light, lighthouse, pharos |
(noun) a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance | Synonyms: beacon fire |
(verb) guide with a beacon | - |
(verb) shine like a beacon | - |
biconcave | (adjective) concave on both sides | Synonyms: concavo-concave |
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biconvex | (adjective) convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil | Synonyms: convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform |
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bocconia | (noun) small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers | Synonyms: Bocconia frutescens, tree celandine |
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(noun) herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers | Synonyms: Macleaya cordata, plume poppy |
catholicon | (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: cure-all, nostrum, panacea |
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chawbacon | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel |
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coconspirator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: conspirator, machinator, plotter |
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coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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coconut | (noun) large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk | Synonyms: cocoanut |
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(noun) the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries | Synonyms: coconut meat |
(noun) tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics | Synonyms: coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera |
con | (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting |
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(noun) an argument opposed to a proposal | - |
(noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | Synonyms: convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird |
(adverb) in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc. | - |
(verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: learn, memorise, memorize |
(verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
conacaste | (noun) tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber | Synonyms: elephant's ear, Enterolobium cyclocarpa |
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concatenate | (verb) add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series | - |
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(verb) combine two strings to form a single one | - |
concatenation | (noun) the act of linking together as in a series or chain | - |
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(noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: chain |
(noun) the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc | - |
(noun) the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series | - |
concave | (adjective) curving inward | - |
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concavely | (adverb) in a concave way | - |
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concaveness | (noun) the property possessed by a concave shape | Synonyms: concavity |
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concavity | (noun) the property possessed by a concave shape | Synonyms: concaveness |
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(noun) a shape that curves or bends inward | Synonyms: concave shape, incurvation, incurvature |
conceal | (verb) hold back; keep from being perceived by others | Synonyms: hold back, hold in |
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(verb) prevent from being seen or discovered | Synonyms: hide |
concealed | (adjective) hidden on any grounds for any motive | - |
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(adjective) not accessible to view | Synonyms: hidden, out of sight |
concealing | (adjective) covering or hiding | - |
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(noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealment, hiding |
concealment | (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealing, hiding |
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(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: cover, covert, screen |
(noun) the condition of being concealed or hidden | Synonyms: privacy, privateness, secrecy |
concede | (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: confess, profess |
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(verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: grant, yield |
(verb) acknowledge defeat | - |
(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, grant, yield |
conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
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conceit | (noun) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride | Synonyms: conceitedness, vanity |
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(noun) a witty or ingenious turn of phrase | - |
(noun) an artistic device or effect | - |
(noun) an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things | - |
(noun) feelings of excessive pride | Synonyms: amour propre, self-love, vanity |
conceited | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, swollen, vain |
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conceitedly | (adverb) with conceit; in a conceited manner | Synonyms: self-conceitedly |
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conceitedness | (noun) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride | Synonyms: conceit, vanity |
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conceivability | (noun) the state of being conceivable | Synonyms: conceivableness |
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conceivable | (adjective) capable of being imagined | Synonyms: imaginable |
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conceivableness | (noun) the state of being conceivable | Synonyms: conceivability |
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conceivably | (adverb) within the realm of possibility | - |
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conceive | (verb) become pregnant; undergo conception | - |
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(verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge | Synonyms: believe, consider, think |
(verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate |
conceiver | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: mastermind, originator |
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concenter | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concentre, focalise, focalize, focus |
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concentrate | (noun) a concentrated example of something | - |
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(noun) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water | - |
(noun) the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore | Synonyms: dressed ore |
(verb) cook until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, reduce |
(verb) make denser, stronger, or purer | - |
(verb) make central | Synonyms: centralise, centralize |
(verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, decoct, reduce |
(verb) make more concise | Synonyms: condense, digest |
(verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: condense, contract |
(verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, focus, pore, rivet |
(verb) draw together or meet in one common center | - |
concentrated | (adjective) gathered together or made less diffuse | - |
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(adjective) (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source | Synonyms: hard |
(adjective) being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance | Synonyms: saturated |
(adjective) intensely focused | - |
(adjective) of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced | - |
concentration | (noun) strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material | - |
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(noun) bringing together military forces | - |
(noun) great and constant diligence and attention | Synonyms: assiduity, assiduousness |
(noun) the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume | - |
(noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, denseness, density, tightness |
(noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, immersion |
(noun) increase in density | - |
concentre | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, focalise, focalize, focus |
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concentric | (adjective) having a common center | Synonyms: concentrical, homocentric |
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concentrical | (adjective) having a common center | Synonyms: concentric, homocentric |
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concentricity | (noun) the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another) | - |
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concept | (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: conception, construct |
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conception | (noun) the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon | - |
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(noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: concept, construct |
(noun) the creation of something in the mind | Synonyms: design, excogitation, innovation, invention |
(noun) the event that occurred at the beginning of something | Synonyms: creation |
conceptional | (adjective) being of the nature of a notion or concept | Synonyms: ideational, notional |
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conceptive | (adjective) capable of conceiving | Synonyms: impregnable |
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conceptual | (adjective) being or characterized by concepts or their formation | - |
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conceptualisation | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualization, formulation |
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(noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptuality, conceptualization |
conceptualise | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualize, gestate |
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conceptualism | (noun) the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application | - |
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conceptualistic | (adjective) involving or characteristic of conceptualism | - |
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conceptuality | (noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptualization |
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conceptualization | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualisation, formulation |
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(noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptuality |
conceptualize | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, gestate |
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conceptually | (adverb) in a conceptual manner | - |
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conceptus | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: embryo, fertilized egg |
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concern | (noun) something that interests you because it is important or affects you | - |
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(noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: headache, vexation, worry |
(noun) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something | - |
(noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: care, fear |
(noun) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | Synonyms: business, business concern, business organisation, business organization |
(verb) be relevant to | Synonyms: bear on, come to, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on |
(verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: interest, occupy, worry |
concerned | (adjective) feeling or showing worry or solicitude | - |
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(adjective) involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in | Synonyms: interested |
(adjective) culpably involved | Synonyms: implicated |
concernedly | (adverb) in a manner showing concern | - |
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concert | (noun) a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging | - |
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(verb) settle by agreement | - |
(verb) contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement | - |
concerted | (adjective) involving the joint activity of two or more | Synonyms: conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative, united |
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concertina | (noun) free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds | - |
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(noun) coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle | - |
(verb) collapse like a concertina | - |
concertinist | (noun) a person who plays the concertina | - |
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concertise | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertize |
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concertize | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertise |
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concerto | (noun) a composition for orchestra and a soloist | - |
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concession | (noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: grant |
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(noun) a point conceded or yielded | - |
(noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: conceding, yielding |
concessionaire | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessioner |
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concessioner | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessionaire |
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concessive | (adjective) of or pertaining to concession | - |
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conch | (noun) any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip | - |
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concha | (noun) (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape | - |
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conchfish | (noun) found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch | Synonyms: Astropogon stellatus |
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conchoid | (noun) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts). | - |
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conchologist | (noun) a collector and student of mollusc shells | - |
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conchology | (noun) the collection and study of mollusc shells | Synonyms: shell collecting |
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concierge | (noun) a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter | - |
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conciliable | (adjective) capable of being pacified | Synonyms: appeasable |
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conciliate | (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: accommodate, reconcile |
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(verb) come to terms | Synonyms: make up, patch up, reconcile, settle |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
conciliation | (noun) the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | Synonyms: placation, propitiation |
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(noun) any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration | - |
(noun) the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled | - |
conciliative | (adjective) intended to placate | Synonyms: conciliatory |
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conciliator | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace | Synonyms: make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler |
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conciliatory | (adjective) intended to placate | Synonyms: conciliative |
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(adjective) making or willing to make concessions | Synonyms: compromising, flexible |
concise | (adjective) expressing much in few words | - |
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concisely | (adverb) in a concise manner; in a few words | Synonyms: briefly, in brief, in short, shortly |
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conciseness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: concision, pithiness, succinctness |
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