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"word": "اسرار تجاری"
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"word": "առևտրային գաղտնիք"
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"word": "商業秘密"
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"sense": "formula, practice, process, design",
"word": "segreto industriale"
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"word": "худалдааны нууц"
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"word": "اسرار تجاری"
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"word": "secret profesional"
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