diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
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+{
+  "version": "0.2",
+  "language": "en",
+  // words - list of words to be always considered correct
+  "words": [
+      "collabathon"
+  ],
+  "ignorePaths": [
+      "node_modules",
+      ".github"
+  ]
+}
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