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.

Q: ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower garden or as house plants.

A: ornamental plants are grown in a flower garden or used as house plants.
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Q: this era coincided with the medieval warm period -lrb- 800 1300 -rrb- and stopped with the start of the little ice age -lrb- about 1250 1850 -rrb-.

A: this era began during the medieval warm period , -lrb- 800-1300 -rrb- and ended with the start of the little ice age -lrb- 1250-1850 -rrb-.
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Q: the aggregate income distribution is highly concentrated towards the top , with the top 6.37 % earning roughly one third of all income , and those with upper-middle incomes control a large , though declining , share of the total earned income.

A:
the aggregate income distribution is highly concentrated at the top , with 6.37 % earning about one third of all income , and the upper-middle class control the large though declining share of the total earned inco.
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