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Definition: Boldness |
BoldnessNoun1. The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness". 2. Impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty". 3. The quality of standing out strongly and distinctly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "boldness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Synonyms: BoldnessSynonyms: brass (n), cheek (n), daring (n), face (n), hardihood (n), nerve (n), strikingness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: timidity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courage | Noun: courage, bravery, valor; resoluteness, boldness; Adjective: spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity; contempt of danger, defiance of danger; derring-do; audacity; rashness; dash; defiance; confidence, self-reliance. |
Vigor | Noun: vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness; Adjective: intellectual, force; spirit, point, piquance, piquancy; verve, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, sententiousness; elevation, loftiness, sublimity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Boldness |
| English words defined with "boldness": audaciousness, audacity ♦ camp robber, Canada jay, chutzpah ♦ daredevilry, daredeviltry ♦ endeavor, endeavour, enterprise ♦ faint, fainthearted, faintheartedness, foolhardy ♦ gray jay ♦ Harddihood, Hardiment, hutzpa ♦ overvaliant ♦ Parrhesia, Perisoreus canadensis ♦ rash, reckless, Resolution of a nebula ♦ Stalworthness ♦ timid, To look in the face ♦ unadventurous, unassured ♦ whisker jack. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "boldness": Office. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "boldness": Foolhardise. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | De l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace, et la France est sauvée. (references; author: Boldness) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Boasts and Boldness (1917) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Boldness | De l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace, et la France est sauvée. |
Confucius | Boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination. |
F. L. Lucan | Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. |
Francis Bacon | Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution. |
Homer | A decent boldness ever meets with friends. |
Menander | Even God lends a hand to honest boldness. |
Scott | It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. |
Sextus Aurelius Propertius | What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination. |
Voltaire | How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think! |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Other acts, bolder still, were suspected by the people on account of their very boldness. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Winfield blinked at the boldness of the attack |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | To achieve success will require both boldness in setting our sights and caution in steering our way on an uncharted course. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We cannot afford to do everything, nor can we afford to lack boldness as we meet the future. |
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| "Boldness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Boldness" is used about 96 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 96 | 33,456 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "boldness": with boldness. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "boldness": over-boldness. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
boldness | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "boldness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | guxim (audacity, courage, dare, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, forwardness, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, pluck, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valorous, valour). (various references) | |
Arabic | وقاحة (audacity, cheek, effrontery, face, flippancy, forwardness, gall, hardihood, immodesty, impertinence, impolicy, impudence, insolence, lip, manginess, nastiness, naughtiness, nerve, perkiness, pertness, presumption, sauce, sauciness), وضوح (candidness, clarification, clarity, clearness, distinctness, frankness, intelligibility, limpidity, lucidity, nakedness, obviousness, perspicacity, visibility), جسارة (dare, daring, fearlessness, intrepidity, temerity), جرأة (bravery, courage, daring, enterprise, fearlessness, guts, intrepidity, nerve, pluck, stoutness, undauntedness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смелост (audacity, bravery, courage, daring, enterprise, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, manliness, pluck, sand, spirit, valor, valour), самоувереност (aplomb, assurance, assuredness, cool, panache, poise, self confidence, self-assurance), релефност (relief), издаденост (projection, prominence, protrusion). (various references) | |
Chinese | 大胆 (Audacious, Blatant, Bold, Daring). (various references) | |
Czech | odvaha (courage, daring, doughtiness, grit, guts, high spirits, mettle, nerve, spirit, spunk, valor, valour). (various references) | |
Dutch | vermetelheid (audacity, daring), stoutmoedigheid (audacity, daring), stoutheid (audacity, daring), lef (audacity, courage, daring), gedurfdheid (audacity, daring), durf (audacity, courage, daring). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aŭdaco (audacity, daring). (various references) | |
Finnish | uskallus (courage, daring), uskaliaisuus (daring), rohkeus (bravery, courage, fortitude, pluck). (various references) | |
French | audace. (various references) | |
German | verwegenheit (audacity, cheek, cheekiness, daring, foolhardiness, rashness, sauciness, temerity), mut (audacity, braveness, courage, gameness, gaminess, grit, hardihood, hardiness, heart, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, spirits, spunkiness, valor, valour), kühnheit (adventurousness, audaciousness, audacity, daring, daringness, hardihood, intrepidity, temerity, wildness). (various references) | |
Greek | τόλμη (daring, guts, hardihood, hardiness, mettle, mettled, nerve, pluck, spunk, temerity). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עזות פ ים (effrontery, insolence), אמיצות (courage, strength), ועזות (courage, daring). (various references) | |
Hungarian | merészség (brass, bravery, cockiness, daring, foolhardiness, intrepidity), arcátlanság (audaciousness, audacity, cheek, cockiness, cock-sureness, confidence, contumely, effrontery, impertinence, impudence). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kelancangan (brashness, brass, sauciness), kekurangajaran (abruptness, atrocity, brashness), kegagahan (conceitedness, courage, firmness, handsomeness, strength, valor). (various references) | |
Italian | baldanza (assurance, cockiness), temerit , fierezza (arrogant, fierceness, pride, proud), audacia (adventurousness, audaciousness, audacity, daring, spunk, temerity), arditezza (courage, daring, hardihood), ardire (courage, dare), ardimento (courage, hardihood). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 豪胆 (courage, hardihood, valour), "胆 (fearlessness), 剛胆 (courage, hardihood, valour), 勇気 (bravery, courage, nerve, valour), 勇気 (bravery, courage, nerve, valour). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほうた" (fearlessness), "うた" (courage, hardihood, valour), ゆうき (bravery, courage, definite period or term, departed soul, evocation, evoke, ghost, nerve, organic, revenant, spirit, valour). (various references) | |
Manx | meenearey (audaciousness, audacity, brazeness, glaringness, immodesty, imprudence, indelicacy, shamelessness), daanys (cheek, cockiness, confidence, daring, effrontery, resolution, rudeness, self-assurance), daanaght. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oldnessbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | audácia (audaciousness, audacity, confidence, daring, insolence). (various references) | |
Romanian | neobrãzare (cheek, contumely, flippancy, immodesty, neck, nerve), impertinenţã (effrontery, impertinence, insolence, obtrusiveness, pertness, rudeness), dârzenie (daring, firmness, sauciness, steadfastness, stubbornness), cutezanţã (daring, derring-do, enterprise, intrepidity), curaj (bravery, chins up, come on, courage, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, go, grit, gut, hardihood, manliness, nerve, pluck, recklessness, spirit, spunk, stomach, stoutness, valor, valour), îndrãznealã (audacity, courage, daring, face, fearlessness, forwardness, front, hardihood, impudence, pertness, recklessness, sand, temerity). (various references) | |
Russian | смелость (adventurousness, audacity, confidence, courage, daring, Dutch courage, grittiness, gumption, hardihood, hardiness, pecker, pluck, pluckiness, spunk, spunkiness, temerity). (various references) | |
Scottish | spailp (pride, self-conceit, self-confidence), d nadas (audacity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bestidnost (impudence), smelost (courage, daring, hardihood, hardiness), odvažnost (audaciousness, audacity, pecker, pluck). (various references) | |
Spanish | lo escarpado (steepness), intrepidez (audacity, fearlessness, intrepidity), fuerza (clout, cogency, constraint, force, forging, heaviness, intensity, juice, kick, loudness, might, mightiness, onrush, pithiness, power, pressure, punch, stiffness, strength, stress, vigour, weight), denuedo, audacia (adventurousness, audaciousness, audacity, fearlessness), atrevimiento (audacity, dare, daring, gravitation, presumption, presumptuousness). (various references) | |
Swedish | dristighet (audacity, daring), djärvhet (audacity, daring, hardihood, hardiness). (various references) | |
Thai | ความกล้าหาญ (gallantry, gumption, gut, spunk). (various references) | |
Turkish | yüzsüzlük (cheek, cheekiness, coolness, crust, effrontery, front, gall, impudence, nerve, sauciness, shamelessness), utanmazlık (front, immodesty, impudence, shamelessness), küstahlık (arrogance, assuredness, audaciousness, audacity, back chat, backchat, brass, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpa, chutzpah, effrontery, flippancy, forwardness, gall, hardihood, hardiness, impertinence, insolence, lip, pertness, presumption, temerity), gözüpeklik (audaciousness, dare devilry, dare deviltry, daring, derring-do, venturesomeness), cesurluk (audaciousness, courageousness, daring, gameness, intrepidity, pluckiness, resoluteness), cesaret (audacity, bear up, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, doughtiness, enterprise, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, gumption, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, nerve, pecker, pluck, prowess, sand, spirit, spunk, stoutness, ticker, valiantness, valor, valour), cüret (audacity, brass, chutzpa, chutzpah, daring, derring-do, forwardness, front, hardihood, hardiness, nerve, presumption, temerity, venture). (various references) | |
Turkmen | batyrlyk (courage), яьreklilik (courage). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính trơ tráo (immodesty), tính táo bạo (dash, manfulness, recklessness), tính liều lĩnh tính rõ r ng, tính dũng cảm (fearlessness, intrepidity, intrepidness, lion-heartedness, spiritedness, undauntedness), tính cả gan tính trơ trẽn. (various references) | |
Welsh | hyfder (assurance, audacity), ehofndra (audacity, fearlessness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | animositas, animositatem, animositates, animositatis, audacia, audaciae, audaciam, audentia, cervix, confidentia, confidentiam, ferocia, temeritas. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | byldu. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | audacitas. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 4, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ta nun kurie epide epi taV apeilaV autwn kai doV toiV douloiV sou meta parrhsiaV pashV lalein ton logon sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et nunc Domine respice in minas eorum et da servis tuis cum omni fiducia loqui verbum tuum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And now, Lord, biholde in to the thretnyngis of hem, and graunte to thi seruauntis to speke thi word with al trist, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And now Lorde beholde their threatenynges and graunte vnto thy servauntes with all confidence to speake thy worde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear, |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 4, Verse 29 |
| Albanian | Dhe tani, Zot, shqyrto kërcënimet e tyre dhe lejo që shërbëtorët e tu të kumtojnë fjalën tënde me plot çiltërsi, |
| Cebuano | Ug karon, Ginoo, timan-i ang ilang pagpanghulga, ug itugot sa imong mga ulipon ang pagsulti sa imong pulong sa walay bisan diyutayng pagkahadlok, |
| Croatian | I evo sada, Gospodine, promotri prijetnje njihove i daj slugama svojim sa svom smjelošæu navješæivati rijeè tvoju! |
| Danish | Og nu, Herre! se til deres Trusler, og giv dine Tjenere at tale dit Ord med al Frimodighed, |
| Dutch | En nu dan, Heere, zie op hun dreigingen, en geef Uw dienstknechten met alle vrijmoedigheid Uw woord te spreken; |
| Finnish | Ja nyt, Herra, katso heidän uhkauksiansa ja anna palvelijaisi kaikella rohkeudella puhua sinun sanaasi; |
| French | Et maintenant, Seigneur, vois leurs menaces, et donne tes serviteurs d`annoncer ta parole avec une pleine assurance, |
| German | Und nun, HERR, siehe an ihr Drohen und gib deinen Knechten, mit aller Freudigkeit zu reden dein Wort, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sekarang, Tuhan, lihatlah bagaimana mereka mengancam kami. Dan izinkanlah kami, hamba-hamba-Mu ini, menyiarkan berita-Mu dengan tidak takut. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan sekarang ini, ya Tuhan, tengoklah kiranya akan segala ugutnya itu, dan berilah kiranya hamba-hamba-Mu ini karunia mengatakan firman-Mu dengan terus terang, |
| Italian | Ed ora, Signore, volgi lo sguardo alle loro minacce e concedi ai tuoi servi di annunziare con tutta franchezza la tua parola. |
| Maori | Na, titiro iho, e te Ariki, aianei ki a ratou kupu whakawehi: tukua mai hoki ki au pononga kia tino maia te korero i tau kupu, |
| Norwegian | Og nu, Herre! hold øie med deres trusler, og gi dine tjenere å tale ditt ord med all frimodighet, |
| Rumanian | Wi acum, Doamne, uitq-Te la ameninyqrile lor, dq putere robilor Tqi sq vesteascq Cuvkntul Tqu cu toatq kndrqzneala, |
| Shuar | Uunta, iisia kajertamainiaj nu. Jes, Aminiu asakrin áujmatramtsujik. Túmaitkuisha ame chichamem ii ashamtsuk etserkatin ame kakarmaram amasta. |
| Spanish | Y ahora, Señor, mira sus amenazas y concede a tus siervos que hablen tu palabra con toda valentía. |
| Swahili | Lakini sasa, ee Bwana, angalia vitisho vyao. Utuwezeshe sisi watumishi wako kuhubiri neno lako kwa uhodari. |
| Swedish | Och nu, Herre, se till deras hotelser, och giv dina tjänare att de med all frimodighet må förkunna ditt ord, |
| Uma | "Wae lau Pue', epe-mi libu' -ra mpongasai' -kai! Toe pai' merapi' -makai hi Pue', kai' batua-nu tohe'i, wai' -kai karohoa bona daho' -kai mpohowa' Lolita-nu. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "boldness": boldnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Boldness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bldness, Boudenesa. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "boldness" (pronounced bō"ldnus) |
| 6 | -ō" l d n u s | coldness. |
| 5 | -l d n u s | baldness, wildness. |
| 4 | -d n u s | awkwardness, backwardness, badness, blandness, blindness, crookedness, farsightedness, fondness, goodness, handedness, hardness, indebtedness, kindness, madness, mindedness, nearsightedness, preparedness, redness, rudeness, sacredness, sadness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, soundness, spiritedness, tiredness, vividness, weirdness, wickedness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, bagginess, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, bleakness, bluntness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, happiness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, ruinous, ruthlessness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wilderness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-l-n-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: blondes, oldness. | |
-2 letters: blends, blonde, blonds, bossed, dossel, lesson, lodens, nobles, sondes. | |
-3 letters: bends, blend, bless, blond, bodes, bolds, boles, bonds, boned, bones, doles, doses, ebons, enols, lends, lenos, lobed, lobes, loden, lodes, loess, loses, noble, nodes, noels, nosed, noses, olden, sends, sleds, slobs, sloes, sneds, snobs, soled, soles, sonde, sones. | |
-4 letters: beds, bels. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-l-n-o-s-s" | |
+1 letter: boundless. | |
+2 letters: bloodiness, boldnesses, doubleness, nosebleeds. | |
+3 letters: bloodstones, boundlessly, dobsonflies. | |
+4 letters: adorableness, bloodinesses, bobsleddings, doublenesses, doubtfulness, indissoluble, nondisableds, voidableness. | |
+5 letters: bloodlessness, boundlessness, considerables, doubtlessness, indissociable, subadolescent. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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