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In May 2023, this library dropped its dependency on the Sizzle engine, which was itself spun out of this library in 2009. Minimalist alternatives to this library include Cash and Zepto. In a 2008 partnership, this library was added (15[1])to Visual Studio in the first ever instance of Microsoft supporting an open source project. The website “You Might Not Need [this library] dot com” lists short code snippets as alternatives to this library’s features, such as its fadeIn and fadeOut methods for animation. In a one-and-a-half year effort, (*) Bootstrap 5 removed its dependency on this library alongside dropping support for Internet Explorer. This library has declined in popularity since many of its features, like easy DOM manipulation and AJAX requests, now have “vanilla” (10[1])replacements. For 10 points, a single dollar sign (10[1])can be used to access (10[1])most of what library that’s still the most widely deployed JavaScript library in the world? ■END■

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