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Sentence 107

Before
On the fun side, we celebrated Kunal’s birthday, yet another reason to come together and drown ourselves in a chocolate overdose.
 
After
On the fun side, we celebrated K’s birthday, yet another reason to indulge in chocolate.

Notes
The 'before' version highlights the chocolate part too much. Considering the sentence comes in a company newsletter, I shortened it to the 'after' version.


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