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diff --git a/rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/README.md b/rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/README.md
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-# Lifetimes
-
-Lifetimes tell the compiler how to check whether references live long
-enough to be valid in any given situation. For example lifetimes say
-"make sure parameter 'a' lives as long as parameter 'b' so that the return
-value is valid".
-
-They are only necessary on borrows, i.e. references,
-since copied parameters or moves are owned in their scope and cannot
-be referenced outside. Lifetimes mean that calling code of e.g. functions
-can be checked to make sure their arguments are valid. Lifetimes are
-restrictive of their callers.
-
-If you'd like to learn more about lifetime annotations, the
-[lifetimekata](https://tfpk.github.io/lifetimekata/) project
-has a similar style of exercises to Rustlings, but is all about
-learning to write lifetime annotations.
-
-## Further information
-
-- [Lifetimes (in Rust By Example)](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/scope/lifetime.html)
-- [Validating References with Lifetimes](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch10-03-lifetime-syntax.html)
diff --git a/rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/lifetimes1.rs b/rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/lifetimes1.rs
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-// The Rust compiler needs to know how to check whether supplied references are
-// valid, so that it can let the programmer know if a reference is at risk of
-// going out of scope before it is used. Remember, references are borrows and do
-// not own their own data. What if their owner goes out of scope?
-
-// TODO: Fix the compiler error by updating the function signature.
-fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
-    if x.len() > y.len() {
-        x
-    } else {
-        y
-    }
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    // You can optionally experiment here.
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_longest() {
-        assert_eq!(longest("abcd", "123"), "abcd");
-        assert_eq!(longest("abc", "1234"), "1234");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/lifetimes2.rs b/rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/lifetimes2.rs
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-// Don't change this function.
-fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
-    if x.len() > y.len() {
-        x
-    } else {
-        y
-    }
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    // TODO: Fix the compiler error by moving one line.
-
-    let string1 = String::from("long string is long");
-    let string2 = String::from("xyz");
-    let result;
-    {
-        result = longest(&string1, &string2);
-    }
-    println!("The longest string is '{result}'");
-}
diff --git a/rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/lifetimes3.rs b/rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/lifetimes3.rs
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-// Lifetimes are also needed when structs hold references.
-
-// TODO: Fix the compiler errors about the struct.
-struct Book<'a> {
-    author: &'a str,
-    title: &'a str,
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let book = Book {
-        author: "George Orwell",
-        title: "1984",
-    };
-
-    println!("{} by {}", book.title, book.author);
-}