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 #### generated code
 
 A significant portion of the project's source code is generated, with the goal being to
-eliminate repetetive maintenance where other type-safe abstraction is impractical or
+eliminate repetitive maintenance where other type-safe abstraction is impractical or
 impossible with Go versions `< 1.18`. In a future where the eldest Go version supported is
 `1.18.x`, there will likely be efforts to take advantage of
 [generics](https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/generics).