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    36 We expect applications of the blob complex to contact topology and Khovanov homology 
    36 We expect applications of the blob complex to contact topology and Khovanov homology 
    37 but do not address these in this paper.
    37 but do not address these in this paper.
    38 %See \S \ref{sec:future} for slightly more detail.
    38 %See \S \ref{sec:future} for slightly more detail.
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    40 Throughout, we have resisted the temptation to work in the greatest possible generality.
    40 Throughout, we have resisted the temptation to work in the greatest possible generality.
    41 (Don't worry, it wasn't that hard.)
    41 %(Don't worry, it wasn't that hard.)
    42 In most of the places where we say ``set" or ``vector space", any symmetric monoidal category 
    42 In most of the places where we say ``set" or ``vector space", any symmetric monoidal category 
    43 with sufficient limits and colimits would do.
    43 with sufficient limits and colimits would do.
    44 We could also replace many of our chain complexes with topological spaces (or indeed, work at the generality of model categories).
    44 We could also replace many of our chain complexes with topological spaces (or indeed, work at the generality of model categories).
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