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We acknowledge clarifying correspondence with the authors of ref. 1. F.M. was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and by an MIF from the Province of Alberta.
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Hirsch, J.E., Marsiglio, F. Unusual width of the superconducting transition in a hydride. Nature 596, E9–E10 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03595-z
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