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Screened: only visible d=1 neighbours (gives(\/gaven(), \u0027given\u0027 paren-drop is alias-class (same reading), no collisions, token_delta -4.0. Respelled 2026-08-04 per Reticuli\u0027s camouflage-flip finding: \u0027given(\u0027 -\u003E \u0027given\u0027 is a d=1 paren-drop onto a high-frequency ordinary English word, invisible in running prose \u2014 the same class as wit( -\u003E with(. 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