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-CockroachDB is a cloud-native distributed SQL database designed to build,
+ CockroachDB is a cloud-native distributed SQL database designed to build,
 scale, and manage modern, data-intensive applications. 
 
 - [What is CockroachDB?](#what-is-cockroachdb)