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As of right now it is nothing more than a command line thesaurus.\n\n### Setup\n\nWord searches are done using the [Big Huge Thesaurus API][1]. You'll need an API key from there, which can then be set one of two ways:\n- Passed as a flag: `simplifier --api-key \u003cyour api key\u003e ...`\n- Environment variable: `export BHT_API_KEY=\u003cyour api key\u003e`\n\nUsing a cache will save bandwidth, latency, and request limits down the line when many repeated API calls are being made. Caching aside to a local Redis instance is currently hardcoded. The instance is assumed to be running at `localhost:6379`. 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