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        "duration": "365–539 days",
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        "freshness": "No edit for 90 days or more",
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        "city": "München",
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        "city": "Aachen",
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        "city": "Hamburg",
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      },
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        "city": "Stuttgart",
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      },
      {
        "city": "Frankfurt am Main",
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      },
      {
        "city": "Köln",
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      },
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        "city": "Nürnberg",
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        "level": "B1",
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        "level": "B2",
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      {
        "level": "C1",
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      {
        "level": "C2",
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        "level": "Not recorded",
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      {
        "reason": "Missing submission or certificate date",
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      {
        "reason": "Certificate date later than the snapshot",
        "reports": 6
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      {
        "reason": "Certificate date before application date",
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    "reports": "Voluntary records, not independently verified unique applications.",
    "elapsedDays": "Certificate date minus application submission date in Europe/Berlin calendar days.",
    "median": "Linear-interpolated 50th percentile; retrospective sample statistic.",
    "pending": "Stored label, not independently verified current outcome.",
    "freshness": "Age of last database row edit, not last status confirmation.",
    "cityThreshold": "Timing shown only for locations with at least 10 eligible dated completions.",
    "firstResponse": "Contributor-defined contact; only paired plausible values are used."
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  "limitations": [
    "Self-selection and uneven location coverage.",
    "Mixed application years and routes; no causal or future approval claims.",
    "Missing outcomes and stale pending records.",
    "2026 application completions overlap with the 2026 certificate group."
  ]
}