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-Rare, hard-to-find utilities that are thoroughly tested (> 98% code coverage via JUnit tests).
+Helpful utilities that are thoroughly tested (> 98% code coverage via JUnit tests).
 Available on [Maven Central](https://central.sonatype.com/search?q=java-util&namespace=com.cedarsoftware). 
 This library has <b>no dependencies</b> on other libraries for runtime.
 The`.jar`file is `250K.`