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        "CarMax: No-haggle, but the in-store finance process slows closing.": "https://api.sb/by-alternative/incumbent",
        "Carvana: Fixed prices and next-day delivery; close on the differentiation lens (74, 80) but behind an agent closing remotely at the posted price.": "https://api.sb/by-alternative/incumbent",
        "TrueCar: Upfront prices, but routes the buyer to a dealership to close, so the runaround persists.": "https://api.sb/by-alternative/marketplace"
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    "shutDown · Live → ShutDown": "https://api.sb/vin.company/shutDown",
    "🚀 the Startups Vin uses": "https://api.sb/startups?usedBy=vin.company",
    "🚀 the Startups that use Vin": "https://api.sb/startups?uses=vin.company",
    "🔍 search the Startups": "https://api.sb/startups?q=",
    "📖 what is a Startup?": "https://api.sb/nouns/Startup",
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