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+## [UNRELEASED] - YYYY-MM-DD
+
 ## [1.17.2] - 2026-01-07
 ### Added
 - Add new `case_sensitive` parameter to `match_streaminfos`, defaulting to `True` to maintain previous behavior; when `False`, stream properties are matched more leniently ([#134](https://github.com/xdf-modules/pyxdf/pull/134) by [Stefan Appelhoff](https://github.com/sappelhoff))
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PyXDF is a Python importer for [XDF](https://github.com/sccn/xdf) files.
 
 ## Sample usage
 
-The following example loads `minimal.xdf` (which you can download from [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdf-modules/example-files/master/minimal.xdf) and prints and plots all markers: 
+The following example loads `minimal.xdf` (which you can download from [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdf-modules/example-files/master/minimal.xdf)) and prints/plots all markers: 
 
 ``` python
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt