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Expand Up @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ TypeScript doesn't hurt us here at all, but this behavior is worth noting if you
TypeScript can often help you catch bugs early on, but if you choose to do _nothing_ with a value, there's only so much that it can do without being overly prescriptive.
If you want, you can make sure you handle situations like these with a linter.

One last word on narrowing by truthiness is that Boolean negations with `!` filter out from negated branches.
One last word on narrowing by truthiness is that Boolean negations with `!` filter truthy types out of negated branches.

```ts twoslash
function multiplyAll(
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