A text block is a multi-line string literal that starts with three double quotes and ends with three double quotes. It produces an ordinary String, so everything you know about strings still applies. Text blocks make embedded JSON, SQL or HTML readable, because you can write quotes and line breaks directly instead of escaping them.
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