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Written from the industry contour brief and established practice in the field; source pages were checked live on 2026-10-21. Unreviewed.","_gate":"Published through the contour publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-21T19:02:23+00:00: completeness 1.00; subject: research brief; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}