You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.
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Question: The olive oil tasted better than the almond oil had tasted because the _ was newer.

Answer: olive oil


Question: Alida received a written and a verbal warning at work, but the _ was better since it was unrecorded.

Answer: verbal


Question: Jame could could not bend the iron rod so he deiced to bend the copper wire. The _ is weaker.

Answer:
wire