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Chevrolet Camaro, the Glossary

The Chevrolet Camaro is a mid-size American automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, classified as a pony car.^[1]

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Austin Dillon

Austin Reed Dillon (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Australian Touring Car Championship

The Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960.

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An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.

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Bob Jane

Robert Frederick Jane (18 December 1929 – 28 September 2018) was an Australian race car driver and prominent entrepreneur and business tycoon.

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Bumblebee (Transformers)

Bumblebee is a fictional robot character appearing in the many continuities in the Transformers franchise.

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Cadillac ATS

The Cadillac ATS (ATS as an acronym for Alpha Touring Sedan) is a compact executive car (D-segment) manufactured by General Motors and marketed by Cadillac from 2012 to 2019, available in both four-door sedan and two-door coupé body styles. Chevrolet Camaro and Cadillac ATS are 2010s cars, coupés, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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Chase Elliott

William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II (born November 28, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy, is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM).

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Chevrolet Camaro (fifth generation)

The fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro is a pony car that was manufactured by American automobile manufacturer Chevrolet from 2010 to 2015 model years. Chevrolet Camaro and Chevrolet Camaro (fifth generation) are 2010s cars, convertibles, coupés, Muscle cars and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Chevrolet Chevelle

The Chevrolet Chevelle is a mid-sized automobile that was produced by Chevrolet in three generations for the 1964 through 1977 model years. Chevrolet Camaro and Chevrolet Chevelle are 1970s cars, Chevrolet vehicles, convertibles, coupés, Muscle cars and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova

The Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova is a small automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, and produced in five generations for the 1962 through 1979, and 1985 through 1988 model years. Chevrolet Camaro and Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, Chevrolet vehicles, coupés, hatchbacks, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States, Muscle cars and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Chevrolet Corvair

The Chevrolet Corvair is a rear-engined, air-cooled compact car manufactured by Chevrolet in two generations between 1960–1969. Chevrolet Camaro and Chevrolet Corvair are Chevrolet vehicles, convertibles and motor vehicles manufactured in the United States.

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Chevrolet Corvette

The Chevrolet Corvette is a line of American two-door, two-seater sports cars manufactured and marketed by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque since 1953. Chevrolet Camaro and Chevrolet Corvette are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, 2000s cars, 2010s cars, 2020s cars, Chevrolet vehicles, coupés, hatchbacks, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Chevrolet Corvette (C5)

The Chevrolet Corvette (C5) is the fifth generation of the Corvette sports car, produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1997 through 2004 model years. Chevrolet Camaro and Chevrolet Corvette (C5) are 2000s cars and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Chevrolet small-block engine (first- and second-generation)

The Chevrolet small-block engine is a series of gasoline-powered V8 automobile engines, produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors between 1954 and 2003, using the same basic engine block.

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Concept car

A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling or new technology.

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Conference call

A conference call (sometimes called an audio teleconference or ATC) is a telephone call in which someone talks to several people at the same time.

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Convertible

A convertible or cabriolet is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place. Chevrolet Camaro and convertible are convertibles.

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Coupe

A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors. Chevrolet Camaro and coupe are coupés.

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Drag racing

Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line.

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Ford Falcon (North America)

The Ford Falcon is a model line of cars that was produced by Ford from the 1960 to 1970 model years. Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Falcon (North America) are 1970s cars, convertibles, coupés, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Ford Mustang

The Ford Mustang is a series of American automobiles manufactured by Ford. Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, 2+2 coupés, 2000s cars, 2010s cars, 2020s cars, convertibles, coupés, hatchbacks, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States, pony cars and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR) is an automotive design with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected via a drive shaft.

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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General Motors Alpha platform

The GM Alpha platform currently underpins General Motors' compact to mid-size, front-engine, rear-wheel and four-wheel drive vehicles.

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General Motors F platform

The F platform, or F-body, was General Motors' rear-wheel drive pony car automobile platform from 1967 until 2002.

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General Motors LS-based small-block engine

The General Motors LS-based small-block engines are a family of V8 and V6 engines designed and manufactured by American automotive company General Motors.

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General Motors Zeta platform

Zeta was the original name for General Motors' full-size rear-wheel drive automobile platform developed by GM's Australian subsidiary company Holden and was at one stage referred to as the "GM Global RWD Architecture".

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Grand-Am Road Racing

Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America.

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Hardtop

A hardtop is a rigid form of automobile roof, typically metal, and integral to the vehicle's design, strength, and style.

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Hatchback

A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to the main interior of the car as a cargo area rather than just to a separated trunk. Chevrolet Camaro and hatchback are hatchbacks.

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Holden

Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors.

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Holden Commodore (VF)

The Holden Commodore (VF) is a full-size car that was produced by Holden between June 2013 and October 2017. Chevrolet Camaro and Holden Commodore (VF) are 2010s cars and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Holden Commodore (ZB)

The Holden Commodore (ZB) is the final generation of the Holden Commodore range produced by now-defunct Australian brand Holden from 2018 to 2020. Chevrolet Camaro and Holden Commodore (ZB) are 2010s cars.

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IMSA GT Championship

IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association.

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Indirect injection

Indirect injection in an internal combustion engine is fuel injection where fuel is not directly injected into the combustion chamber.

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International Hot Rod Association

The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is the second-largest drag racing sanctioning body after the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).

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International Race of Champions

International Race of Champions (IROC) is a North American auto racing competition, created by Les Richter, Roger Penske and Mike Phelps, promoted as an American-motorsports equivalent of an all-star game.

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Jim Hall (racing driver)

James Ellis Hall (born July 23, 1935) is a retired American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner.

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Lansing Grand River Assembly

Lansing Grand River Assembly (LGR) is a General Motors owned and operated automobile assembly facility located in Lansing, Michigan, United States.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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Mark Donohue

Mark Neary Donohue Jr. (March 18, 1937 – August 19, 1975), nicknamed "Captain Nice," and later "Dark Monohue," was an American race car driver and engineer known for his ability to set up his own race car as well as driving it to victories.

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Model year

The model year (sometimes abbreviated as MY) is a method of describing the version of a product which has been produced over multiple years.

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NASCAR Cup Series

The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series

The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on transportation safety in the United States.

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National Hot Rod Association

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada.

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Oshawa Car Assembly

Oshawa Assembly (also known simply as GM Oshawa) is a manufacturing facility in the city of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, that built various automobiles for General Motors Canada.

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Pete Estes

Elliot Marantette "Pete" Estes (January 7, 1916 – March 24, 1988) was an American automotive engineer and executive; he is best known as the fifteenth president of General Motors, from 1974 to 1981.

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Pontiac (automobile)

Pontiac, or formally the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors, was an American automobile brand owned, manufactured, and commercialized by General Motors. Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac (automobile) are 1970s cars, 1980s cars and 2000s cars.

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Pontiac Firebird

The Pontiac Firebird is an American automobile built and produced by Pontiac from the 1967 to 2002 model years. Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, 2000s cars, cars introduced in 1967, convertibles, coupés, hatchbacks, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States, Muscle cars and pony cars.

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Pony car

Pony car is an American car classification for affordable, compact, highly styled coupés or convertibles with a "sporty" or performance-oriented image.

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Porsche Carrera

Carrera (Spanish for "race" and "career") is a brand of Porsche automobile.

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Pratt & Miller

Pratt Miller Engineering, also known as Pratt & Miller, is an American company involved in the automotive and arms industries.

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Product placement

Product placement, also known as embedded marketing, is a marketing technique where references to specific brands or products are incorporated into another work, such as a film or television program, with specific promotional intent.

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Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney noted for his involvement in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes, and a perennial presidential candidate.

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Rear-engine design

In automobile design, a rear-engine design layout places the engine at the rear of the vehicle.

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Road racing

Road racing is a North American term to describe motorsport racing held on a paved road surface.

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Roger Penske

Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is a retired American professional auto racing driver, team owner and businessman.

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Slang

A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing.

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Sports Car Club of America

The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) is a non-profit American automobile club and sanctioning body supporting Autocross, Rallycross, HPDE, Time Trial, Road Racing, and Hill Climbs in the United States.

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Straight-six engine

The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft.

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Supercars Championship

The Supercars Championship currently known as the Repco Supercars Championship under sponsorship, is a touring car racing category in Australia and New Zealand, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport.

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T-top

A T-top (UK: T-bar) is an automobile roof with a removable panel on each side of a rigid bar running from the center of one structural bar between pillars to the center of the next structural bar.

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Trans-Am Series

The Trans-Am Series presented by Pirelli is a sports car racing series held in North America.

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Transformers (film)

Transformers is a 2007 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's toy line of the same name.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line.

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line.

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line.

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Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight is a 2017 science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line.

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Turbo-Hydramatic

Turbo-Hydramatic or Turbo Hydra-Matic is the registered tradename for a family of automatic transmissions developed and produced by General Motors.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Hot Rod Association

The United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA) was an organization that sanctioned various motorsports.

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Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile

Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965.

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V8 engine

A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.

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V8 Thunder Cars

V8 Thunder Cars, previously Camaro Cup or the Camaro Cup 2000, is a Swedish-based stock car racing series.

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World Car Awards

The World Car Awards (also known as World Car of the Year, WCOTY) is a group of automobile Car of the Year awards selected by a jury of 102 international automotive journalists from 30 countries.

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1971 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1971 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS-sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group C Improved Production Touring Cars and Group E Series Production Touring Cars.

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1972 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1972 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group C Improved Production Touring Cars and Group E Series Production Touring Cars.

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2+2 (car body style)

A 2+2 (also 2-plus-2) is a car-body style that has a seat each for the driver and front passenger, and two rear seats.

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2018 Daytona 500

The 2018 Daytona 500, the 60th running of the event, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 18, 2018, contested over 207 laps—extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish—on the asphalt superspeedway.

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2020 NASCAR Cup Series

The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series was the 72nd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 49th season for the modern era Cup Series.

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2020 Season Finale 500

The 2020 Season Finale 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 8, 2020 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Camaro

Also known as Camaro, Chevrolet Camaro B4C, Chevrolet Camaro Convertible, Chevrolet Camaro GT, Chevrolet Camaro RS, Chevrolet Camaro SS, Chevrolet Camaro Z28, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, Chevrolet Camero, Chevrolet Panther, Chevy Camaro, Chevy Panther, Kamaro, The Chevrolet Camaro.

, Pontiac (automobile), Pontiac Firebird, Pony car, Porsche Carrera, Pratt & Miller, Product placement, Ralph Nader, Rear-engine design, Road racing, Roger Penske, Slang, Sports Car Club of America, Straight-six engine, Supercars Championship, T-top, Trans-Am Series, Transformers (film), Transformers: Age of Extinction, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: The Last Knight, Turbo-Hydramatic, United States, United States Hot Rod Association, Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile, V8 engine, V8 Thunder Cars, World Car Awards, 1971 Australian Touring Car Championship, 1972 Australian Touring Car Championship, 2+2 (car body style), 2018 Daytona 500, 2020 NASCAR Cup Series, 2020 Season Finale 500.

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2+2 coupés

Pony cars

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