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Balance (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be a boilerplate line in news reporting, kicking in at odd intervals past the story's halfway mark, as if by software.