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  1. telecomm a message set in a directly readable form rather than in coded groups

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Birthright citizenship is rooted in the plain text of the Fourteenth Amendment, which declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens.

From Salon May 11, 2026

"The scrambled plain text was found, but without the coding method or the key. This is a very important distinction," he separately told a news conference in November.

From Barron's Nov. 19, 2025

Or can they rest a decision on the plain text alone?

From Slate Nov. 5, 2025

"Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is in plain text," a subsequent post read.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2024

Project Gutenberg encourages users to created new formats from the plain text files to suit their individual needs.

From ERPANET Case Study: Project Gutenberg by ERPANET

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