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-Sbank is a library for generating a template bank for compact binary searches
+Sbank is a library for generating a template bank for compact binary gravitational wave searches
 covering a given region of mass and spin parameter space.
 The program can support all waveform approximants available in the
 lalsimulation suite. Currently implemented waveforms can be found with