Edit this sentence to make it more succinct without losing meaning: "The game was a crushing defeat despite the fact that the team had been training for weeks."
Despite weeks of training, the game resulted in a crushing defeat for the team.
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### Instruction:
Edit this sentence to make it more succinct without losing meaning: "The game was a crushing defeat despite the fact that the team had been training for weeks."

### Response:
Despite weeks of training, the game resulted in a crushing defeat for the team.