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 # Citus Example: Microservices
 
-Three microservices used to demonstrte setting up Citus as scalable storage backend for microservices.
+Three microservices used to demonstrate setting up Citus as scalable storage backend for microservices.
 
 # Citus setup
 
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ Repeat the above for `time` and `ping` service.
 
 Copyright (c) 2023, Microsoft
 
-Licensed under the MIT license - feel free to incorporate the code in your own projects!
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+Licensed under the MIT license - feel free to incorporate the code in your own projects!