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Rule "Missing hyphen in 'billion dollar'"

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Description: Missing hyphen in 'billion dollar'
Message: It appears that a hyphen is missing.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-adjectives-with-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • That's a billion dollar idea!
    Correction suggestion: billion-dollar
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: MILLION_DOLLAR_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)