How To Use Trusted In A Sentence

A few days after, they brought the intelligence that Barbarina had returned; and the councillor dwelt with her in her new house; and the servants were commanded to call the signora Madame Cocceji. as she was his well-beloved and trusted wife. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends
Outwardly tough, aloof and cynical, she does a good deal of nail-chewing and fiddling with a cigarette as she decides whether Jack can be trusted.
Man, these people are just too stupid to be trusted with appointments - and too timorous to deserve to a university position from which to dribble out the contents of their weak little minds.
This requires that the public and lawmakers have confidence that those entrusted to uphold the law will comply with it themselves, both on and off duty. Times, Sunday Times
He has brain-trusted the major corporation.

He speculates about the personal stories of strangers in bars and offers up tales of his childhood with the ease of a trusted friend.
His overall appearance was that of a shifty man who couldn't be trusted.
He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.
The idea here is that the person is fully capable of the task and can be trusted to complete it. Christianity Today
Quite the reverse, these become the trusted friends that truly understand and can be of real help in time of trouble.
Arabs, especially Hazramís193, who recommended him to the King; and this King (who was a Kafir) trusted him and advanced him to the captainship of his body guard. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
But wilfully taking the life of two innocents who trusted him isn't a courageous act. The Sun
She trusted Mitch with her life, and they spent many hours together, both happy and sad.
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
This is one guy who has managed to get shedloads of money out of his followers by that old and trusted trick of telling them the world's going to end, so they won't need all those possessions and cash that'll bar them entry into heaven.
This accomplished, they must then bespeed them to the top of the hill again, where two loaded rifles yet remained, in whose leaden bullets lay, as they trusted, the golden chance of victory. Burl
Keeping the performer at ease is usually entrusted to the agent and concert promoter.
For 25 years, sourdoughs, cheechakos, travelers, students and writers have trusted The Alaska Almanac to provide facts on many things Alaskan.
The President, backed by trusted advisers, some of them dyed-in-the-wool oilmen, called immediately for increased energy production. BARRACUDA 945
Everyone turned to see who had spoken, and there in the corner stood an elderly courtier, one of the king's most trusted advisers.
After going over your resume with a fine-tooth comb, solicit proofreading assistance from trusted friends and colleagues.
There was only one man Kit at all trusted, a "nester" (small ranchman) named Racketty Smith. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier
PeaceBang's much-beloved and trusted hairdressed decided to "try something new" the other day and committed upon PeaceBang's head what we used to refer to in the 6th grade as a "butch," as in, "You got totally butched. You Do What You Can
The degrees which Oxford and Cambridge conferred in Grammar did not involve residence or entitle the recipients to a vote in Convocation; but the conferment was accompanied by ceremonies which were almost parodies of the solemn proceedings of graduation or inception in a recognised Faculty, a birch taking the place of a book as a symbol of the power and authority entrusted to the graduand. Life in the Medieval University
But not with envy, but with nauseousness knowing that Mike MacLean trusted you with Murderati. COLOR ME BADD
From being tagged a failure, a boy who could not even produce a straight line on paper or understand decimals, I trusted in words, and I wrote my first poems.
We have always trusted in their design expertise and build quality.
Much of the management of these huge tasks was entrusted to young inexperienced Allied officers. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
He was the only human they trusted enough to honor with their presence and occasional speeches.
He was entrusted with the task of expressing the aims of the project. Times, Sunday Times
Well, the new realism is that juries cannot be trusted in respect of any matter that might be adverse to the accused.
Among his other servants he had a young man called Pyrrhus, who was sprightly and well bred and comely of his person and adroit in all that he had a mind to do, and him he loved and trusted over all else. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
Sustained by the truth received from her divine Founder, the Church has ever sought to fulfill holily the mission entrusted to her by God; unconquered by the difficulties on all sides surrounding her, she has never ceased to assert her liberty of teaching, and in this way the wretched superstition of paganism being dispelled, the wide world was renewed unto Christian wisdom. Libertas Praestantissimum
With a lunge of his hand he trusted a large glass of ale at Kriseis, which slopped over the side and onto her face and clothes.
I believe that oral contract law was valid, I could rely on that, and I trusted her.
No international body is entrusted with the task of prosecuting and punishing those criminal offences.
But you trusted entirely these rare moments of triumphant self-expression: every jink and turn by Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup was hard-won, brutally paid for and born out of absolute courage and commitment. World Cup 2010: How a love of Spain can make for a sterile affair
She had trusted Thomas with her heart, and also secretly loved him.
Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot - Percy helps Clarisse, when her half brothers, the demigods Phobos (fear) and Deimos (terror) take Ares chariot, which he had entrusted to Clarisse. Dusk Before the Dawn » 2009 » March
Very close and trusted friends share confidences candidly. They feel secure that they will not be ridiculed of derided,and their confidences will be honored.
You do not need any artistic ability as the package itself can be trusted to take all the important design decisions.
To such had the policy of the great Irish leader brought the ignorant people who trusted him and his hirelings.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
They trusted the geeky young boy to have wild parties and boy-girl sleepovers.
We join him as he learns for the first time how humanity has beaten the galactic speed limit of C (i.e. it hasn't); why cute little deerlike aliens are never to be trusted (they like meat ...); and how to kill inch-tall, spacefaring people (go Godzilla on their asses). Archive 2008-08-01
Like other clients, she had relied on their advice and integrity, she trusted them.
When I lived and worked in Sitka, Seward, Homer and Anchorage, I never met anyone in the Party who trusted Palin, or even liked her. Waldo Jaquith - Obama ahead in polls.
Shaped by one of the few men to be trusted with the last precious piece of bona fide linksland in Scotland, it is truly beautiful.
Mobile communication devices such as PDA and cellular phone will be inalterable and credible by installing the PTD (Personal Trusted Device).
Calling media narratives into question is something that sits squarely inside "The Daily Show" 's wheelhouse, which is probably why Jon Stewart and company are far more trusted by the public than the rest of the media. Will 'Rally To Restore Sanity' Reveal America's 'Silent Majority'?
Ribbon stripes, pin stripes, chalk stripes and rich color stripes are trusted components of this collection.
As responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, we constantly re-evaluate our programs.
He sent out trusted assistants to make the local arrangements, chivvied them if they did not make fast enough progress, and belaboured officials who prevaricated or objected.
A faded movie star is horrified when she discovers her trusted secretary is about to marry a gossip columnist. The Sun
More than once I heard people talk about not trusting someone from north of the Mason Dixon line (of which I am one), and that people of color (referred to as "darkies") were not to be trusted (most notably from the name partner of a large law firm to his client referring to another attorney in the D.C. area representing a major corporation with whom the client had business dealing with). Apology not accepted, lawmaker says of McDonnell
If only the director trusted her audience, this could've been a sublime forage into the netherworld of the human psyche.
I was relieved that showrunner Craig Silverstein trusted in the intelligence of the viewers and didn't attempt to hand-hold them through the story after the first few minutes.
The shopkeepers, restaurants, and gambling-houses, with an amiable confidingness peculiar to such people, had trusted the miners to that degree that they themselves were in the same moneyless condition. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
She learnt through bitter experience that he was not to be trusted.
Nimitz trusted his wizardly chief cryptanalyst, Joseph J. Rochefort, who had successfully forecast the enemy push into the Coral Sea a month earlier. The Beginning of the End
Yet he realized that were Henry to be entrusted with the regency he would change in the most radical fashion the course of the ship of state; would introduce measures dear to the late Emperor Frederick, but to which he, the kaiser, was unalterably opposed, and would, in short, undo everything that he himself had done; so that when eventually the crown prince came of age there would be no longer any possibility of his continuing his father's policy, a policy which the emperor has been at great pains to inculcate into his boy. The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe
A cynic is someone who once trusted and believe and was hurt, betrayed and traumatized. Mark Goulston, M.D.: Electorate 2010 -- "Cynics 'R' Us"
They mistrusted theatrical actors as being artificial, so those actors got bypassed and the directors were bringing people off the streets, which did produce a naturalistic kind of actor.
Even if you're running a one-person business, invite your spouse or significant other, a trusted friend who knows your business, and--if you can afford the hourly fees--your accountant or attorney.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Bourchier, apparently had charge of the boys for a time, but Richard was later entrusted to the Earl of Warwick, whose lavish household was said to support 20,000 retainers.
If the Lib Dems, and others (not the Greens as they appear to be working hand in glove with the Tories) point out that the Tories can break a promise in five weeks it might make people wonder if the Tories can be trusted in Norwich to keep their word. Norfolk Tories manifesto pledge on flood sirens broken in just five weeks !
And carelessness is not a desirable attribute for an institution which is entrusted with children.
More than once I heard people talk about not trusting someone from north of the Mason Dixon line (of which I am one), and that people of color (referred to as "darkies") were not to be trusted (most notably from the name partner of a large law firm to his client referring to another attorney in the D.C. area representing a major corporation with whom the client had business dealing with). Apology not accepted, lawmaker says of McDonnell
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
Lama became the ruler of Tibet and entrusted the actual running of the state to his prime minister, So-nam Choe-pel (bsod nams chos 'phal). The Shuk-den affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I)
Trusted devices may also encrypt the data that sabaton ringtones exchange over the airwaves so that no one can listen in. The Corridor (a cricket blog)
The two election defeats were put down to an inability to convince the electorate that they could be trusted with the nation's finances.
He pleaded not guilty to cruelty and claimed he had entrusted the puppies to a man called Phil.
What makes it even more deflating is that my original instinct -- Houston -- was correct, but I allowed some of my trusted advisors (you know who you are) to talk me out of that one and let me think that Carolina was a better play. Jack Bog's Blog: September 2009 Archives
There's a chance they'd both enjoy unloading if you proved a trusted confidante. Times, Sunday Times
And he will depend on a trusted national security adviser to cajole and hammer this collection of heavyweights into a coherent team.
The defence was to be entrusted to the well-practised but now aged hands of that most experienced practitioner Mr Chaffanbrass, than whom no barrister living or dead ever rescued more culprits from the fangs of the law. Phineas Redux
The realtime - monitoring system for therm - power station is a practical project trusted by Bill - print corporation in Chengdu.
She was entrusted with some of our nation's most important secrets and she betrayed that trust by carelessly mishandling highly classified information. Times, Sunday Times
We trusted to his coolness,and he didn't fail us.
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
As I said before, the conniver could not be trusted.
Foreign buyers trusted his judgment and beat a path to his door. Times, Sunday Times
I trusted him to keep schtum about it afterwards.
Can the would-be veep be trusted to obediently follow a campaign script without setting off controversy with potentially explosive remarks?
She would tell of the sadistic punishment wrought unto the unbelievers by the just who trusted in her righteousness.
He was a pastor who trusted in the Lord who lived to preach.
I realised, with some chagrin, that for Hilberg the conclusion was implicit in the sequence, and he had trusted me to see it.
eBay would be the most logical acquirer, given that they already own a 25% stake through a rather dubious stock sale by a former trusted employee of Craig's.
This is just another example of half-done science, sensationalized both by the author of what will surely be a best-selling book, and a man entrusted with depicting science via the media.
It is because they are thus selected that wealth aggregates under their hands - both their own and that intrusted to them ... Robert Reich: The Rebirth of Social Darwinism
He was generous with his friends and trusted his fellow man. Times, Sunday Times
The parents of girl quadruplets in Nanjing signed a contract with a Beijing-based advertising company that entrusted it with the girls' growth and education.
She mistrusted her ability to learn to drive.
Besides, this thinking goes, families tend to be overprotective, risk averse and are to be mistrusted.
Which amanuensis is a drunken, bankrupt village grocer, of whom my son-in-law is one of the defrauded creditors – Mr. L — having intrusted him with about forty pounds 'worth of the plantation rice, to sell on commission for him, which rice, indeed, was sold, but was never accounted for, and as the man is a bankrupt, never will be. Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters
Victorian and Edwardian critics distrusted and disliked the Chandos portrait. Times, Sunday Times
I was entrusted with the task of looking after the money.
She, as a woman, cannot be trusted with the technology, and therein lies the paradox.
It should be noted, regarding Hammett's disinclination to sell out his employer in this story, that this desperately ill, lifelong claustrophobe, an old man at the age of fifty-seven, spent twenty-two weeks in federal prison during the Red-baiting fifties because he refused to give up the names of men who had trusted him. Locked Rooms
They argued that the ruling party could not be trusted to oversee its own removal from power.
He did argue in a general way that the president can't be trusted.
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Mrs. Smith trusted the lawyer until she realized that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
An inventory from 1398 included four pair of manacles, eleven chains of iron, six locks and keys, and two pair of stocksall the equipment associated with the care of the mad at that timeand another source states that in 1403 Bethlem was entrusted with the care of six men who had lost their reason sex viri mente capti.3 Bedlam
If not historically a peace-loving people, they have traditionally distrusted militarism.
Alsop entrusted the financial management of the family assets to a cousin, who disappeared with most of them.
It's not a pleasant feeling to discover you've been taken for a ride by someone you trusted.
Hardly deserving of 'the most trusted man in America' moniker either; history has shown that he was frightfully deceitful. Who Should Be The Next Administrator of NASA? - NASA Watch
He is one of the nation's top anchormen and a new poll just named him the most trusted newscaster in America.
Chade had trusted him with at least some of the labyrinth of passages of the keep. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Congress made up its mind for good on the 16th of July, 1790, and decided that the President should be intrusted with the care of choosing on the river Potomac a territory, ten miles square, which should become the Federal territory and the permanent seat of the Government of the United States. Major L'Enfant and the Federal City. II. I
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Victorian and Edwardian critics distrusted and disliked the Chandos portrait. Times, Sunday Times
Although he shared the Grierson gang's instinctive leftism, he was never quite trusted by them.
Universities are issued with a licence to endorse visa applications when they are granted the status of highly trusted sponsor. Times, Sunday Times
But even these elements derive their efficacy from the fullness of grace and troth entrusted to the Catholic Church.
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
However, I think that he trusted me in my abilities just as I trusted his.
Mrs. Oldershaw, which would protect me from all danger of the two leaguing together against me if I trusted him. Armadale
She was entrusted with some of our nation's most important secrets and she betrayed that trust by carelessly mishandling highly classified information. Times, Sunday Times
Gentleman, gracefull of person, excellent in speech, and every way as active as no man could be more: his name Pyrrhus, highly affected of Nicostratus, and more intimately trusted then all the rest. The Decameron
Like all successful businessmen, John was willing to delegate responsibility to a trusted circle of people while he developed new contacts.
I would like to wish the Minister a speedy recovery from his recent bilious bout, where he seemed to be doing his utmost to demoralise rather than to uplift those who have been entrusted to his responsibility.
The Add-In Framework, introduced in .NET 3.5, is designed to facilitate applications that need to support partially trusted add-ins.
Their language contrasted with that of the eighteenth-century reformers who had entrusted the mission of modernity and progress to enlightened rulers.
Outside remediation is needed from a trusted authority. Software Quality in Climate Research | Serendipity
Surely voters could have been trusted to use their loaf? Times, Sunday Times
She distrusted the institutions through which they exercised influence from the moment that supreme power seemed within her grasp.
He had believed in the law once; valued it, served it, and trusted its power to regulate the world. EVERVILLE
Last night I was entrusted with a mission of sorts.
It has learnt to build safe, deployable nuclear technology at scale and has become a trusted partner. Times, Sunday Times
They would become the first and best source of hard evidence on terrorist incursion, available for cross-examination and trusted neither to exaggerate nor to dissimulate.
M. Menoides, at the suggestion of M. Villemain, Minister of Public Instruction to King Louis Philippe, had been entrusted with a commission to search for ancient MSS., and in carrying out his instructions he found a MS. at the convent of St. Laura, on Mount Athos, which proved to be a copy of the long suspected and wished-for choliambic version of Babrias. Fables
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
The knowledge that his friends no longer trusted him was a bitter pill to swallow.
Listed companies are keen on equity capital financing while neglecting debt capital financing, and meanwhile tremendous raised capital remains intact or entrusted for investment.
Under the seal of confession he had been intrusted with a secret to which in his conversations with me he could make only indirect allusions, to bring me to understand that my pertinacity was a crime, and that the only honourable course was to yield. Mauprat
They are not second-tier officials, but strait-laced Party servants previously entrusted with lofty responsibilities. Yoani Sanchez: Card-Carrying Communist Green Collar Criminals: Planning for Their Futures as Capitalists
My upbringing instilled in me all-pervasive fear — the sense that most everything in life (especially pleasure and taking chances) was baneful; that good existed only in the afterlife; that people, places, and things were never to be trusted. Best of 2009: Web tool and learning experience
The main reason for this growth was that Congress no longer trusted the executive branch to provide it with accurate information.
They can be entrusted to solve major national problems.
The word of Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws was assuredly not to be trusted on most things. In praise of … porridge | Editorial
She also entrusted me to arrange a removalist to do the Heavy Stuff.
Perhaps the last two words are to be rejected, and {apistous} to be taken in its usual sense, "distrusted"; cp. viii. The history of Herodotus — Volume 2
The constituents for that representative will have time to read it, or read a trusted source that provides mummeries and they will have time to inform their representative of their feelings about abill. The Volokh Conspiracy » Read the Bill — A Reply to Eric:
No party would be trusted if it promised stability in one breath and unfunded tax cuts in the next, he said. Times, Sunday Times
Two senior officials have been entrusted with organizing the auction.
I mean -- that you should put down in writing _all_ outgoings, and in such a way as you, or I, might easily reckon them up: I mean, so as to see what _each_ amounts to -- No man's Memory can be trusted in such matters; and I think that _your_ Memory (jostled about, as you say, with many different calls, [_sic_ no close to parenthesis] needs to have _writing_ to refer to. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"
But time and earth case-harden us to live; the feeblest sense is trusted most: the child feels God a moment, ichors o'er the place, plays on and grows to be a man like us. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry
Victorian and Edwardian critics distrusted and disliked the Chandos portrait. Times, Sunday Times
The truster is at risk of being let down, disillusioned, or betrayed because the truster relies on the trusted.
I've been lucky enough to have godchildren in my life, and to have been close with them, to be trusted enough by them to hear their unguarded concerns; to occasionally be allowed to help with their problems. A Conversation with Mark Spragg about An Unfinished Life
The Add-In Framework, introduced in .NET 3.5, is designed to facilitate applications that need to support partially trusted add-ins.
We've entered a new world of politics now, where no one can be trusted and the truth doesn't matter.
after that day she never trusted him again
Coverage of army chief General Ashfaq Kayani focused on revelations that he threatened to oust Zardari last year but held back because he "distrusted" opposition contender Nawaz Sharif. The Guardian World News
Louise is just a snake in the grass who can't be trusted.
The Senate of ancient Rome, another republic with imperial entanglements, entrusted war-making to a commander-in-chief, the imperator or emperor, whose office became all-powerful, hereditary, and its holder a living god.
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Neither political system could rely with confidence on those to whom it entrusted the task of educating the peasants.
How confident are they in his ability to accomplish the task he has entrusted to them? Christianity Today
This allows trusted people to manage your financial affairs. The Sun
He is distrusted by colleagues because he is blatantly ambitious, but no leadership candidate could be guiltless of that trait.
The public would deride and ruin the general of the defeated army, but the youth told himself that he cared not at all about the generals and trusted the opinion of the public very little.
Her husband died in 1990 and she was entrusted with looking after her family - a task she did well.
They are to bear the vessels of the Lord, are entrusted to keep the ordinances of God pure and entire; it is a good thing that is committed to them, and they ought to be clean, to wash their hands in innocency and so to compass God's altars and carry his vessels, and keep themselves pure. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
He's proven himself too shriekingly partisan to be trusted again.
He is entrusted with the development of the sport in the Asian region.
She had her uses and, above all, he trusted her judgement to keep pleasure isolated from business. CORMORANT
He pulled out his trusted wooden sword and cut a swath of wool from the sheep, exposing the flesh of the animal.
The girl was then "entrusted" to Ms. Minetti, because efforts to place the girl with social services were "fruitless," police said. Italy's PM Under Fire Over Help for a Teen
Like turncoats throughout history, they were in danger of ending up distrusted by both sides.
I believe the President has violated this sacred trust between the leaders and those of whom he was entrusted to lead.
He spent his last hours wit '. his confessor, wrote to his wife and children, praying his family not to beweep him, not to forget him, and never to offend against their God; and this missive, with a lock of his hair for his beloved daughter, he finally entrusted to the ghostly father. Arabian nights. English
The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
I don't know if I could have trusted someone so much - but I would have asked the questions anyway.
He was distrusted enough on campus that the debate society, the very -- the -- the debate society -- it was known as the Demos -- Demosthenian Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Crusade
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
I trusted in the system, I trusted in God and it's paid off.
In fact, I believe he trusts you more than he's ever trusted anyone.
I wish he trusted in his mother to do the right thing for him at the right time.
I trusted in myself believing that my efforts alone would make me successful in this world.
The fact that he had none possibly indicated that he trusted his visitors.
Can he be trusted to deliver on his promises?
I trusted that when the time came it would be me to whom she would speak and she did.
But Callahan, a trusted Gruden assistant for four years in Oakland and a close associate since the early 1990s, couldn't outman or outhustle his buddy's dedicated charges. USATODAY.com - Bucs stop here with a Super Bowl title
When he himself was conducting concerts all over Europe he entrusted the conductorship at the Chatelet to the great German Musicians of To-Day
They had trusted me to get them safely out of the situation. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
I mistrusted him from the moment I saw him and she'll be tarred with the same brush. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
However, his relentless authoritarianism as Home secretary has led him to be distrusted by many in the party.
The main reason for this growth was that Congress no longer trusted the executive branch to provide it with accurate information.
The plans included garrisoning every town with weapons and food stocks and decentralizing control to trusted commanders.
Therefore it is better to drink from a known and trusted source, rather than from a suspect bottle.
It is doubtful that he trusted Jude with the key to the post office box.
She needed to sort out her frayed, perplexing emotions with the help of someone she loved and trusted.
He was handsome and educated, so people thought he was a gentleman and trusted him.
These possibilities and actualities turn Berry from a doomsaying prophet into a trusted guide and even a friend, a sharer of hope.
Washington's motives are widely distrusted and its various foreign policy postures are viewed suspiciously, even by long-standing allies.

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