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The wbr tag, or Word Break Opportunity element, defines where a line break is okay to add in a text.

Syntax

Use the <wbr> tag to add word break opportunities within text where a word may be too long and the line break would otherwise happen elsewhere.

<p>Xeno<wbr>transplant<wbr>ation is one of the longest words in the English language.</p>

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