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# Remove !important declaration

If you're using `!important` in places you shouldn't (which is most of the time), consider increasing the specifity and removing the rule instead.

If possible, just remove `!important` altogether.

From:

```
.bordered {
  border: 1px solid red !important;
}
```

To:

```
.my-special-box .bordered {
  border: 1px solid red;
}
```

Why?

* `!important` is difficult to override and breaks the cascading nature of CSS.