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 <p align="center">
   <img alt="Qwik Logo" width="400" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BuilderIO/qwik/main/.github/assets/qwik-logo.svg" />
 </p>
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 ## Getting Started
 
-Try out our starter:
-
 ```bash
 npm create qwik@latest
 ```