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 Package: withr
 Title: Run Code 'With' Temporarily Modified Global State
-Version: 3.0.2
+Version: 3.0.2.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
     person("Lionel", "Henry", , "lionel@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# withr (development version)
+
 # withr 3.0.2
 
 * `local_language()` now never warns when set to `"C"` (#254).