Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word constricting.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word constricting.
2 syllable words

acting

aching

airing

ailing

aging

amused

angling

arching

arming

asking

banding

awning

bearing

banking

bagging

baiting

baking

banging

basting

barring

batting

beading

beaming

bathing

banquets

beating

banquet

blaring

blasting

bedding

belting

belling

benights

benight

binding

bidding

billing

biting

birthing

bitching

biding

being

blending

beijing

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

bleaching

blessing

blinding

blocking

backing

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

blushing

bending

boarding

bouncing

boasting

bonding

boring

bolting

boating

booting

boiling

bolling

boozing

bounding

boning

bowing

boxing

booming

bracing

bowling

branching

breasting

brimming

brawling

breaking

braiding

braving

breeding

briefing

broiling

breathing

breeching

brewing

broking

brushing

buckling

bulging

bucking

budding

browsing

bruting

building

bunting

browning

burping

burning

butting

camping

calling

calming

caning

buying

brooding

casting

carping

carving

caulking

casing

catching

ceiling

chafing

chanting

charming

chilling

chipping

chasing

chirping

choking

chopping

chemists

chewing

chemist

churning

clanging

cleaning

clearing

clipping

clocking

clowning

cloaking

clogging

clouding

closing

clothing

coaching

coating

codding

coiling

colling

coaxing

combing

coming

climbing

clucking

coasting

conceit

concedes

concede

conchoid

cocking

connect

connects

constant

constants

carling

constraints

constrain

constraint

constrained

constrains

construe

costing

cooking

cooling

coping

cooing

couching

coursing

crackling

cracking

crashing

craving

creaking

cresting

cribbing

crossing

crooning

crushing

cuddling

crowing

creeping

crying

culling

coupling

dancing

cunning

cutting

curing

curling

damning

damaged

daring

daunting

dashing

darling

dawning

dealing

dicing

digging

dilling

instincts

dining

ding-dong

dipping

dishing

docking

diving

doting

downstream

doubting

downstage

drafting

dragging

draining

doomsday

drawing

dressing

drilling

drinking

dripping

drugging

drumming

driving

dropping

drying

dubbing

ducking

duckling

dumpling

during

dwelling

dyeing

dying

earning

dueling

earring

earthling

easing

doing

eating

edging

eking

enacts

encode

enact

ending

erring

etching

evening

flitting

flooding

fetching

fitting

facing

fading

farthing

fainting

farming

faulting

falling

fancied

fencing

fixing

feeding

feeling

fehling

failing

finding

feigning

fighting

filling

fining

firing

fishing

finished

fielding

filing

flashing

fledgling

flaring

fleeting

flagging

fleming

flaming

floating

flogging

flooring

flowing

hamstring

flushing

folding

footing

forging

foundling

franking

forcing

forming

founding

framing

freaking

fraying

freezing

frosting

funding

fucking

function

gassing

fruiting

frying

fuming

functions

gearing

gadding

galling

gaming

getting

gilding

glancing

glinting

ginning

giving

glaring

girding

glazing

grafting

gloaming

golfing

golding

grading

going

grasping

grappling

glowing

grating

grayling

grazing

hamstrings

greeting

gunning

greening

groundling

gushing

grounding

grouting

grooming

grouping

growing

grinding

gymnast

gymnasts

gunshot

hamster

hamsters

gunshots

handling

grieving

hanging

having

heading

hatching

healing

hearing

holding

hunting

heckling

hitting

hoarding

herring

hilling

hissing

helping

hiding

hogging

heaving

holing

homestead

horning

hosting

hounding

homestretch

heating

hopping

homing

hugging

honest

housing

humming

hurling

homesteads

hurting

icing

incite

incites

ingot

ingots

inkling

inning

inset

inside

insides

install

harping

instant

installs

instance

flying

foaming

instead

foiling

instill

instills

instinct

instruct

instructs

morphing

derring

jarring

jetting

jeering

junkets

jerking

jogging

judging

jumping

junction

junket

juncture

jutting

joking

kicking

kindling

kenning

killing

kingdom

kingdoms

kipling

knighthood

knitting

knocking

knockdown

knowing

knightly

kumquat

lading

landing

lancets

lancet

lamping

lagging

languid

lapping

lasting

launching

lashing

laughing

latching

lawing

leaning

laying

leading

leaking

learning

leaping

leasing

legging

lending

lemming

lengthens

lengthen

lengthwise

lengthy

lifting

licking

lightning

lighting

liking

limestone

limestones

lining

listing

living

loring

loathing

loaning

keeping

loading

linseed

lodging

logging

longing

looking

lopping

long-term

looming

looping

losing

loving

lowing

lumping

lunching

madding

lying

mailing

mainstay

marching

mainstream

malting

making

mapping

mainstays

marking

matching

mincing

melting

matting

meeting

merging

milling

minding

meaning

mining

minster

minstrel

minstrels

missing

lunchtime

nestling

moonstruck

monsters

mocking

molting

moonstone

monster

moonstones

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moulding

mounting

morning

mourning

mugging

mowing

moving

junctions

nanking

junctures

muting

napping

musing

netting

jailing

nipping

nagging

nodding

nonstop

nonstops

piling

keeling

nutting

nursing

pining

non-stick

offspring

offing

onset

ousting

planting

outing

nosing

nothing

poking

packing

oozing

pacing

padding

polling

panting

parking

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painting

pairing

panning

paring

passing

pending

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pelting

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owing

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pimping

pinching

planking

pitching

piping

plating

paging

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pointing

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plumbing

plodding

pleading

pleasing

poling

pooling

pouncing

posting

pounding

pouting

pressing

priming

preaching

praying

printing

plaything

prowling

pumping

pudding

putting

pushing

puffing

purging

puncture

quaking

punctured

punctures

quilling

quilting

rafting

racking

rambling

racing

raking

railing

raising

raging

rancid

raving

pruning

reading

prying

playing

resting

rhinestone

ribbing

rhinestones

rigging

riding

rifling

ringing

roasting

salting

roaring

rocking

romping

rolling

roofing

rounding

rousing

running

rubbing

sacking

sagging

roving

ruling

sailing

rising

sanctions

sanction

sanctum

sapling

scaling

saying

scarring

scalping

scorching

schilling

scolding

scheming

schooling

scraping

scratching

scrimping

seating

searching

seedling

seeing

seamster

screwing

seeling

seeming

seizing

screaming

screening

saving

sharking

shafting

setting

shearing

serving

shading

sewing

shaving

shifting

sheeting

shoestring

shilling

shining

shipping

shirting

shocking

shelving

shedding

shelling

shooting

shuffling

shunting

shoring

sibling

shrinking

sighting

shredding

shrouding

showing

siding

sighing

signing

sitting

skilling

skimming

singing

sinking

sizing

slanting

skirting

slapping

slighting

slating

sledding

sleeping

starting

sliding

slitting

slotting

smelting

snarling

smacking

sneaking

snoring

smelling

smoking

snapping

slouching

sloping

sneezing

smoothing

sniffing

soaring

soaking

snowstorm

snowstorms

sobbing

something

sprinkling

spanking

sounding

sparing

sopping

sheathing

soothing

sparkling

squinting

sparling

spending

sporting

speaking

spinning

springing

spelling

sperling

spurling

squeezing

stacking

staging

stalling

stamping

standing

starling

stinking

steering

sticking

stinging

stitching

stating

sterling

staving

stealing

stirring

stocking

storming

straddling

stopping

straining

strapping

stooping

stowing

streaming

stretching

suckling

stripling

strutting

stunning

sucking

stripping

stuffing

striving

stroking

tackling

tasting

suiting

swaying

swearing

sweating

sweeting

swimming

switching

swelling

sweeping

tacking

swooning

tempting

talking

tamping

taking

tanning

thrusting

suing

taunting

testing

telling

teamsters

teaming

teeming

teaching

teamster

teething

tilting

ticking

tailing

thinking

thrashing

thumping

thrilling

tiding

throwing

tincture

tinctures

tricking

toasting

tipping

tithing

tonight

tomcat

tooling

topping

touching

tossing

tracing

trading

trailing

training

wrestling

trilling

winding

trifling

trimming

tripping

trusting

tungsten

trucking

trying

tubing

twining

tuning

turning

twisting

tying

uncouth

uncut

unseat

unset

unused

unwashed

wincing

vaulting

whitling

vesting

washing

veering

wasting

viking

wanting

veiling

wainscot

voting

waiting

waking

waning

wapping

vying

wading

warling

warming

walking

warning

warping

walling

wellspring

westling

weakling

wearing

whipping

webbing

wedding

weaving

whacking

weeding

weeping

whaling

wheeling

whirling

weighing

whistling

whiting

voiding

whooping

whopping

wielding

wilding

willing

striking

winning

wiring

wishing

witching

working

wrecking

writing

wringing

yachting

wording

yangtze

yearling

yearning

yelling

yielding

youngster

youngsters

3 syllable words

absorbing

adjoining

abiding

accenting

abounding

according

accusing

alarming

admiring

affecting

agreeing

adoring

alerting

alluring

anecdote

anything

asserting

amusing

aspiring

aligning

anecdotes

annoying

approving

annealing

anisette

aniseed

appealing

appalling

approaching

amazing

arresting

ascending

arranging

amnesties

arriving

amnesty

amsterdam

assuming

assuring

astounding

bloodletting

bloodsucking

backsliding

becoming

backbiting

badgering

ballooning

baffling

befitting

banister

battering

battening

bannister

beginning

beguiling

beholding

besetting

besieging

blustering

beseeching

belonging

bettering

bickering

billowing

believing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

blundering

blossoming

bookkeeping

bottling

broadcasting

brainwashing

bumbling

bungling

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bullfighting

buffeting

bundling

bullying

bustling

bushwhacking

canoeing

butchering

cackling

canisters

campaigning

canister

canoeist

caressing

carjacking

carpeting

centering

carrying

challenging

conserving

channeling

chattering

chemistry

childbearing

churchgoing

commanding

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completing

coincides

coincide

comforting

colouring

coloring

commuting

complaining

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composing

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concurring

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conceded

conceited

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confusing

connected

compounding

conjuring

connective

connection

connections

connecter

connector

connectors

conquering

considers

consoling

constipates

constable

constables

constancy

constantly

constipate

constitute

constructions

constitutes

constructor

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converging

correcting

consider

consuming

conveying

convincing

copying

counseling

covering

cowering

cradling

crippling

crocheting

crusading

debating

dairying

damaging

cushioning

cycling

dampening

deadening

deafening

darkening

degrading

declining

decreasing

defusing

delighting

carousing

density

distressing

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disarming

despairing

detailing

diapering

deserving

designing

dialing

easterling

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disguising

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dissecting

dissembling

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dissolving

diverting

diverging

divining

doddering

eavesdropping

dividing

downsizing

dressmaking

domestics

doubling

drizzling

dwindling

domestic

dynastic

dumbfounding

dynasties

dynasty

echoing

emitting

emptying

enclosing

enchanting

enactments

engraving

endearing

enduring

enactment

engaging

engrossing

enlisting

entering

enticing

ensuing

equating

erecting

excepting

everything

erupting

exacting

exceeding

existing

exciting

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expiring

exploring

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expanding

expelling

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factoring

feathering

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favoring

finishing

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flattering

flavoring

flowering

following

instinctive

groundbreaking

fondling

forbidding

foreboding

forthcoming

forecasting

forwarding

forgiving

freewheeling

fumigate

functional

gathering

gardening

galloping

gambling

genocide

genocides

handwriting

glimmering

good-looking

glistening

governing

glowering

guncotton

gymnastics

gymnastic

hairdressing

happening

harvesting

heartbreaking

installing

hardening

housekeeping

highflying

housewarming

homesteader

honestly

honesty

homicides

homesteaders

homicide

imprinting

improving

incident

imploring

importing

imposing

impending

inaction

inactive

inchoate

incidence

incidents

inserting

incitement

increasing

incoming

infighting

inspiring

incitements

insider

insiders

hardworking

instantly

instances

instigates

instigate

densities

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institutes

instruction

instructions

instructors

instructor

abducting

instrument

investing

insulting

instruments

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inviting

issuing

ironing

jockeying

narrowing

juggling

nerve-racking

kidnapping

lactating

laboring

lamenting

landscaping

landholding

languishing

laundering

lawmaking

layering

leavening

lettering

life-giving

lessening

lightening

leveling

lingering

listening

locating

longitudes

longitude

long-distance

lowering

lumbering

machining

maddening

marketing

marshaling

maturing

menstruate

menstrual

matchmaking

mellowing

meddling

middling

ministral

ministers

minister

ministries

ministry

measuring

misgiving

misleading

mothering

journeying

mistaking

misspelling

modeling

monastic

motoring

networking

monoxide

mumbling

muscling

murmuring

mottling

neighboring

neutering

non-catholics

non-catholic

nonstarters

nonstarter

observing

obliging

nourishing

non-standard

offsetting

one-sided

offering

oncoming

ongoing

opposing

ordering

outfitting

opening

opining

outstanding

outgoing

outlying

outpouring

papering

pardoning

paneling

parceling

patrolling

perplexing

peppering

peddling

persisting

pervading

pickering

pilfering

piddling

plastering

provoking

pitying

painstaking

polluting

pondering

polishing

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powdering

preceding

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prevailing

pronouncing

reclining

pianists

ravishing

profiting

promising

profiling

reducing

quickening

quarreling

punctuate

railroading

raveling

punctual

reasoning

reckoning

recording

pianist

reflecting

refreshing

regarding

reinstate

reinstalls

reenacts

reinstall

reenact

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respecting

rendering

resisting

repeating

retiring

revolting

reviving

revolving

renegades

renegade

reversing

riveting

sensitive

sensations

rumbling

sanctify

sanctity

scattering

scaffolding

scavenging

scrambling

scribbling

seasoning

seducing

seagoing

seamstresses

semesters

sensation

semester

sensitize

shadowing

settling

shipbuilding

shimmering

shoplifting

sickening

shortening

shortcoming

sinister

sizzling

sinusoid

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

soldering

souring

sojourning

soldiering

stiffening

stuttering

succeeding

relieving

suffering

tapering

surprising

surrounding

surviving

surveying

surpassing

sweetening

tabling

transporting

tailoring

thundering

tempering

thanksgiving

thickening

ticketing

tinkering

traversing

threatening

tormenting

towering

toweling

tinkling

trembling

trumpeting

tumbling

typewriting

typesetting

tunicate

twinkling

unbending

underling

unwilling

undoing

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unfeeling

undying

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unfailing

unsettle

ungodly

unthinking

unstable

upsetting

unyielding

vanishing

uprising

varying

visiting

wandering

wagering

warehousing

watering

vomiting

whispering

well-being

weathering

whitening

strengthening

wrongdoing

winnowing

withering

yellowing

relapsing

4 syllable words

activating

agitating

advertising

admonishing

agonizing

aggravating

anaesthetic

anaesthetics

anecdotal

anesthetist

annotating

anxieties

annexation

anxiety

appetizing

astonishing

amygdala

babysitting

barbecuing

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bicycling

awakening

captivating

calculating

centralizing

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coincident

coincidence

complicating

conditioning

concatenate

concatenates

condescending

coexisting

considerate

constellation

constipated

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constipation

constellations

constitution

constitutions

constituents

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constructionist

constitutive

corresponding

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denigrating

developing

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devastating

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diagnosing

distributing

instinctively

disabling

disappearing

disengaging

discouraging

dispiriting

disparaging

distinguishing

disheartening

disappointing

disapproving

domestically

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dominating

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emaciates

emaciate

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fireproofing

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fumigation

functionaries

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genocidal

gnosticism

gratifying

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hanseatic

hesitating

homicidal

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incidental

inactivate

inactivates

incidences

incidentals

inheriting

inequities

inequity

inhibiting

iniquity

inquiring

insatiable

installation

installations

instigators

instigator

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institutions

instructional

instrumental

instrumentals

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reinstatement

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kinesthetic

laminating

legislating

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menstruation

ministration

ministrations

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maximizing

minnesotan

minnesotans

mitigating

monstrosity

moderating

monasteries

monastery

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

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overarching

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overlying

occupying

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overruling

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parachuting

palpitating

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patronizing

petitioning

overpowering

pioneering

overhauling

overrating

overwhelming

poinsettias

rancidity

realizing

punctuation

reentering

registering

reenactments

reenactment

sanctimony

separating

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sensational

sanctuaries

sinusoidal

speechifying

suffocating

tenacity

unbecoming

unassuming

unavailing

underpinning

unbelieving

underlying

underwriting

undertaking

understanding

undulating

unrelenting

vacillating

waterproofing

7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word constricting

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

Rhyming Dictionary


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