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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="API" snippet="The &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of the &amp;quot;changeable&amp;quot; value returned by some methods is the following:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&#10;" size="70405" wordcount="8494" timestamp="2024-10-25T03:49:21Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="FAQ" snippet="...ase, the measurements will not be equally distributed around a cell tower, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that most of the measurements may be coming from just one side of the cell &#10;" size="13205" wordcount="2236" timestamp="2018-04-25T13:34:33Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>