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In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
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records indicate that they began in 776 bc in olympia , greece.
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records mention that they began in 776 bc in olympia , greece.


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they are now abolished , although in northern ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy.
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they are now abolished , although in northern ireland their former areas are used as the basis for a lieutenancy.


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a historian has stated that " it was quinine 's efficacy that gave colonists fresh opportunities to swarm into the gold coast , nigeria and other parts of west africa ".
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a historian said , " it was quinine 's efficacy that gave colonists fresh opportunities to swarm into the gold coast , nigeria , and other parts of west africa ..