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 There are two possible solutions. One is for the locker to specify a
 ranking/priority order to the wheel files. That way the installer
 simply sorts to the supported wheel files by that order and installs
-the the top rated/ranked wheel file. This puts the priority order
-under the control of the locker.
+the top rated/ranked wheel file. This puts the priority order under
+the control of the locker.
 
 The other option is to specify in this PEP how to calculate the
 priority/ranking of wheel files. This is currently tool-based and