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    "title": "Sources where Citation Velocity outpaces the Index",
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      "name": "BuzzFeed",
      "domain": "buzzfeed.com",
      "category": "Lifestyle",
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      "name": "HuffPost",
      "domain": "huffpost.com",
      "category": "News",
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      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/huffpost.json",
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      "name": "Medium",
      "domain": "medium.com",
      "category": "Platform",
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      "title": "Sources where Citation Discipline punches above the Index",
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      "slug": "biggest-discipline-lag",
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      "title": "Sources where Modern Citation Reference outperforms the Index",
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      "slug": "biggest-modern-reference-lag",
      "title": "Sources where Modern Reference trails the Index",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/insights/biggest-modern-reference-lag/"
    },
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      "title": "The most balanced sources across all three dimensions",
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