/*
Theme Name: BizUpdateToday Diagonal Fault Line
Theme URI: https://bizupdatetoday.com/
Author: OpenAI
Description: Premium business authority theme with an asymmetric diagonal hero, overlapping fault-line bands, sliced cards and zigzag archives.
Version: 2.0.0
Requires at least: 6.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Text Domain: bizupdatetoday
*/
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