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This research was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62076217 and 61906060), and the Blue Project of Yangzhou University.

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    Jipeng Qiang, Yang Li, Yun Li, Yunhao Yuan & Yi Zhu

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Qiang, J., Li, Y., Li, Y. et al. Lexical simplification via single-word generation. Front. Comput. Sci. 17, 176347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-023-2744-2

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