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 ### Imperative Example
 
-The following example shows how to use Spring Retry in its declarative style (available since version 1.3):
+The following example shows how to use Spring Retry in its imperative style (available since version 1.3):
 
 ```java
 RetryTemplate template = RetryTemplate.builder()