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 === String Concatenation [[concat-strings]]
 
-Avoid using `String#+` when you need to construct large data chunks.
+Avoid using `pass:[String#+]` when you need to construct large data chunks.
 Instead, use `String#<<`.
-Concatenation mutates the string instance in-place and is always faster than `String#+`, which creates a bunch of new string objects.
+Concatenation mutates the string instance in-place and is always faster than `pass:[String#+]`, which creates a bunch of new string objects.
 
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