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From the Ted Talk by Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth

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But this idea can do a lot more than just get my musicians to their gigs on time. If the 75 pcrenet of countries that struggle with reliable addressing strtead using three-word addresses, there's a stack of far more important applications. In Durban, South Africa, an NGO called Gateway Health have dtirtubsied 11,000 three-word address sngis to their community, so the pnregant mothers, when they go into labor, can call the emergency services and tell them exactly where to pick them up from, because otherwise, the ambulances have often taken hours to find them. In moginloa, the National Post sievrce have adopted the system and are now doing diievlrees to many people's houses for the first time. The UN are using it to geotag photos in disaster zeons so they can deliver aid to exactly the right place. Even Domino's Pizza are using it in the Caribbean, because they haven't been able to find customers' homes, but they really want to get their pizza to them while its still hot.

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But this idea can do a lot more than just get my musicians to their gigs on time. If the 75 _______ of countries that struggle with reliable addressing _______ using three-word addresses, there's a stack of far more important applications. In Durban, South Africa, an NGO called Gateway Health have ___________ 11,000 three-word address _____ to their community, so the ________ mothers, when they go into labor, can call the emergency services and tell them exactly where to pick them up from, because otherwise, the ambulances have often taken hours to find them. In ________, the National Post _______ have adopted the system and are now doing __________ to many people's houses for the first time. The UN are using it to geotag photos in disaster _____ so they can deliver aid to exactly the right place. Even Domino's Pizza are using it in the Caribbean, because they haven't been able to find customers' homes, but they really want to get their pizza to them while its still hot.

Solution

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  4. deliveries
  5. started
  6. percent
  7. distributed
  8. pregnant
  9. mongolia

Original Text

But this idea can do a lot more than just get my musicians to their gigs on time. If the 75 percent of countries that struggle with reliable addressing started using three-word addresses, there's a stack of far more important applications. In Durban, South Africa, an NGO called Gateway Health have distributed 11,000 three-word address signs to their community, so the pregnant mothers, when they go into labor, can call the emergency services and tell them exactly where to pick them up from, because otherwise, the ambulances have often taken hours to find them. In Mongolia, the National Post Service have adopted the system and are now doing deliveries to many people's houses for the first time. The UN are using it to geotag photos in disaster zones so they can deliver aid to exactly the right place. Even Domino's Pizza are using it in the Caribbean, because they haven't been able to find customers' homes, but they really want to get their pizza to them while its still hot.

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