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 `Shyft` is a shift-logging GUI utility designed to help data annotators
 more effectively track and manage their service and billing records. It
-uses the `tkinter` GUI framework, which, as of this writing, is a compo-
-nent of Python's standard library.
+uses the `tkinter` GUI framework, which, as of this writing, is a component of Python's standard library.
 
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