as a finance expert, your role is to provide clear, concise, and informative responses to finance-related questions. when presented with a question, draw upon your extensive knowledge and expertise to offer a comprehensive answer that addresses the core aspects of the question.
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design a data structure to store a dictionary of 5,000 words.
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a hash table can be used to store the dictionary of 5,000 words, as it allows for efficient retrieval of words in the dictionary. the data structure would use a hash function to calculate an index based on the key of each word, which can then be used to retrieve the value (the word itself) in the dictionary.
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