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			'collapse' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'collapse child menu', 'neel' ) . '</span>',
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	$heading_font = get_theme_mod( 'neel_heading_font_select', $defaults['heading_font'] );	
	
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		$heading_font = esc_html( $heading_font );
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	/* Translators: If there are characters in your language that are not
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			$social_media_icons_html.= '</ul></div>';
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		return wp_kses_post( $social_media_icons_html );
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if ( ! function_exists( 'neel_excerpt' ) ) {

	function neel_excerpt( $limit = 54 ) {
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require get_template_directory() . '/inc/sanitize-functions.php';
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