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 ## Function Composition
 
-The act of putting two functions together to form a third function where the the output of one function is the input of the other.
+The act of putting two functions together to form a third function where the output of one function is the input of the other.
 
 ```js
 const compose = (f, g) => (a) => f(g(a)) // Definition