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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{142.324pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setlength\parindent{0pt}}

\newcommand{\eqdef}{%
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\begin{document}
eqdef: $\vec{x}\eqdef\left(x_{1},\ldots,x_{n}\right)$
\end{document}