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 ### Use-Case: Consume ConfigMap in environment variables
 
-ConfigMaps can be used to populate individual environment variables or used in
+ConfigMaps can be used to populate individual environment variables or be used in
 its entirety.  As an example, consider the following ConfigMaps:
 
 ```yaml