plain text
Britishnoun
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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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