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+'@leafygreen-ui/menu': minor
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+- Creates the `MenuDescendant` component, a replacement for `FocusableMenuItem`. By wrapping an input component in `MenuDescendant`, it will be registered as a menu item descendant, and will be focusable using standard menu arrow key interactions.
+- Marks `FocusableMenuItem` as deprecated - this will be removed in a future release