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    {
      "name": "Shami Chatterjee"
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      "name": "Sashabaw Niedbalski"
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    {
      "name": "Gabriella Agazie"
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    {
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      "name": "Anne Archibald"
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      "name": "Zaven Arzoumanian"
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      "name": "Jeremy Baier"
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      "name": "Paul Baker"
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      "name": "Paul Brook"
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      "name": "H. Thankful Cromartie"
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      "name": "Megan Decesar"
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    {
      "name": "Lankeswar Dey"
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    {
      "name": "Timothy Dolch"
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      "name": "Elizabeth Ferrara"
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      "name": "William Fiore"
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      "name": "Emmanuel Fonseca"
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    {
      "name": "Peter Gentile"
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    {
      "name": "Joseph Glaser"
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    {
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      "name": "Matthew Kerr"
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      "name": "Bjorn Larsen"
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      "name": "Duncan Lorimer"
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      "name": "Georgia Lowes"
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    {
      "name": "Jing Luo"
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    {
      "name": "Ryan Lynch"
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    {
      "name": "Ashley Martsen"
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    {
      "name": "Alexander Mcewen"
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    {
      "name": "Maura Mclaughlin"
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    {
      "name": "Natasha Mcmann"
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    {
      "name": "Bradley Meyers"
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    {
      "name": "Patrick Meyers"
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    {
      "name": "Cherry Ng"
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    {
      "name": "Mason Ng"
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    {
      "name": "David Nice"
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      "name": "Daniel Oliver"
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    {
      "name": "Timothy Pennucci"
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    {
      "name": "Benetge Perera"
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    {
      "name": "Nihan Pol"
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    {
      "name": "Henri Radovan"
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      "name": "Ann Schmiedekamp"
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    {
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      "name": "Brent Shapiro-Albert"
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    {
      "name": "Ingrid Stairs"
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    {
      "name": "Kevin Stovall"
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    {
      "name": "Abhimanyu Susobhanan"
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  "published": "2026-06-24",
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  "title": "The NANOGrav 15 yr and 20 yr Datasets: Timing Events and Pulse Shape Changes",
  "title_text": "The NANOGrav 15 yr and 20 yr Datasets: Timing Events and Pulse Shape Changes",
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  "venue": "The Astrophysical Journal",
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