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    "# Ch07 Lab — Text Analysis with Dictionaries"
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    "## Overview\n",
    "\n",
    "In this lab you will analyze a text file using dictionaries and `Counter` to answer questions about word usage."
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    "## Part 1 — Load and Clean *(recall)*\n",
    "\n",
    "Load any plain-text file (e.g. a Project Gutenberg book) and build a cleaned word frequency dictionary: lowercase, strip punctuation, exclude words shorter than 3 characters."
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    "# Your solution here\n"
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    "## Part 2 — Top Words *(application)*\n",
    "\n",
    "Use `Counter` to find the 10 most common words. Display them as a table (word, count)."
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    "# Your solution here\n"
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    "## Part 3 — Word Length Groups *(extension)*\n",
    "\n",
    "Build a dictionary that groups words by length. Report:\n",
    "- The number of words in each length group\n",
    "- The five most common word lengths\n",
    "- One example word from each of the five most common groups"
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    "# Your solution here\n"
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