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 Type: Package
 Package: gt
-Version: 0.10.1
+Version: 0.10.1.9000
 Title: Easily Create Presentation-Ready Display Tables
 Description: Build display tables from tabular data with an easy-to-use set of
     functions. With its progressive approach, we can construct display tables
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+# gt (development version)
+
 # gt 0.10.1
 
 ## Improvements to nanoplots