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@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Integration strategies (kind: integration-strategy, istrat, s):
 
 Verification Criterion (kind: verification-criterion, vcrit, v):
 
-  Used to describe how to verify that an an integration strategy, a component
+  Used to describe how to verify that an integration strategy, a component
   or an interface is performed or implemented properly; or how to know if a
   requirement has been met.