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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","The deterministic identity audit contains qualification notes that must be disclosed where relevant.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. 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Three of six platforms named JELD-WEN during the ranking stage (anthropic, google, kimi), a 50% share of included platform responses, with an average listed rank of 3.67 and a best rank of 1. The strongest reason to consider it is the V-2500 Builders Vinyl line: visible retail material prices of roughly $150–$688 per unit at Lowe's and Home Depot, broad standard-size availability, and no minimum order, which suits replacing a few failed windows at a time . 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