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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.
question:
the golden gloves are open to all non-professional pugilists age 16 and over.
answer:
the golden gloves are open to all non-professional boxers who are 16 years and over.

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the taiwan strait or formosa strait is a 180-km-wide -lrb- 111.85-mile-wide -rrb- strait between mainland china and taiwan.
answer:
the taiwan strait -lrb- formosa strait -rrb- is a 180 km wide -lrb- 111.85 mile wide -rrb- strait between china and taiwan.

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it took three months and 250 soldiers to roll the gun barrels all the way from north sydney to the batteries.
answer:
it took three months and 250 soldiers to take the gun barrels from far north sydney to the army units.