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  <title>PROVOLTA — The Oracle</title>
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      overflow-x: hidden;
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      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: minmax(17rem, .76fr) minmax(23rem, 1.24fr);
      overflow: hidden;
      isolation: isolate;
      background: #03110f;
      color: #edf9f5;
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      z-index: 1;
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      width: 66%;
      height: 100%;
      object-fit: cover;
      object-position: center 28%;
      filter: saturate(.93) contrast(1.03);
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      position: relative;
      z-index: 2;
      align-self: end;
      padding: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 7rem) clamp(1.25rem, 6vw, 6.5rem);
      max-width: 44rem;
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      display: flex;
      align-items: center;
      gap: .8rem;
      margin: 0 0 1.1rem;
      color: #71f7d9;
      font-size: .78rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: .18em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
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      content: "";
      width: 2.7rem;
      height: 1px;
      background: currentColor;
      box-shadow: 0 0 12px currentColor;
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      letter-spacing: -.055em;
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      letter-spacing: .02em;
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      font-weight: 500;
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      margin: 1.6rem 0 2rem;
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      display: inline-flex;
      align-items: center;
      gap: .75rem;
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