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.

Q: The interesting publication wouldn't fit in the sports magazine because the _ was too long.

A: publication
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Q: The chef cooked all the eggplant in the wok. It cooked very quickly because the _ was very small.

A: eggplant
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Q: Instead of pears, Mary put strawberries in the fruit salad, because the _ were in season.

A:
strawberries
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