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What does "how-to" mean here?

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Rebecca

Here, "how-to" refers to a type of article. "How-to" articles give instructions on how to do various things. They are called "how-to" articles because the title of the article starts with "how to". In general, "how-to" articles give instructions on how to do things that are not very important, and are written for entertainment. For example, the title of the article she wrote is "How to Stalk Your Un-stalkable Ex".

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