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 * Color palette improvements. All color palette functions now support all `{viridisLite}` palettes ("magma", "inferno", "plasma", "viridis", "cividis", "rocket", "mako", and "turbo").
 
-* `addProviderTiles()` will now error if the chosen `provider` does not match any currently loaded provider (by default, those in `providers`). This behaviour can be toggled off by setting the new `.check` argument to `FALSE` (@jack-davison, #929)
+* `addProviderTiles()` will now error if the chosen `provider` does not match any currently loaded provider (by default, those in `providers`). This behaviour can be toggled off by setting the new `check` argument to `FALSE` (@jack-davison, #929)
 
 # leaflet 2.2.2