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doc: cleanup events.md structure
Signed-off-by: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> PR-URL: #36100 Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
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‎doc/api/deprecations.md‎

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The [`EventEmitter.listenerCount(emitter, eventName)`][] API is
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[`Buffer.isBuffer()`]: buffer.md#buffer_static_method_buffer_isbuffer_obj
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[`Cipher`]: crypto.md#crypto_class_cipher
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[`Decipher`]: crypto.md#crypto_class_decipher
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[`EventEmitter.listenerCount(emitter, eventName)`]: events.md#events_eventemitter_listenercount_emitter_eventname
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[`REPLServer.clearBufferedCommand()`]: repl.md#repl_replserver_clearbufferedcommand
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[`Server.getConnections()`]: net.md#net_server_getconnections_callback
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[`domain`]: domain.md
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[`ecdh.setPublicKey()`]: crypto.md#crypto_ecdh_setpublickey_publickey_encoding
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[`emitter.listenerCount(eventName)`]: events.md#events_emitter_listenercount_eventname
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[`events.listenerCount(emitter, eventName)`]: events.md#events_events_listenercount_emitter_eventname
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[`fs.FileHandle`]: fs.md#fs_class_filehandle
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‎doc/api/events.md‎

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