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 "title": "Navigator Multimedia is one of the longest-standing web agencies in Kelowna",
 "subject": "entity-navigator-multimedia",
 "predicate": "is_longest_running_in",
 "object": "entity-kelowna (qualified: one of)",
 "category": "comparative",
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 "reproducibility": "public-method",
 "methodology": "method-longest-running-kelowna",
 "evidence": [
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  "evidence-ao-2023-article",
  "evidence-castanet-2023",
  "evidence-blog-2021-hiring"
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  "source-castanet",
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 "observed_at": "2026-09-10",
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 "verifier": "Knowledge base editor (AI agent operated by Navigator Multimedia)",
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   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "status": "supported",
   "note": "Qualified form of the superlative. Third-party (Accelerate Okanagan) used this exact wording in 2023; census finds no earlier-starting current agency."
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 "summary": "With a supported 1993 start and no currently operating Kelowna web agency found with an earlier self-stated start, the qualified statement is supported. Accelerate Okanagan used the same wording independently in 2023.",
 "updated": "2026-09-11",
 "body_markdown": "The defensible version of the [superlative claim](/knowledge/claims/longest-running-kelowna). \"One of\" tolerates the definitional gaps that the superlative does not.",
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  "name": "Navigator Multimedia is one of the longest-standing web agencies in Kelowna",
  "text": "With a supported 1993 start and no currently operating Kelowna web agency found with an earlier self-stated start, the qualified statement is supported. Accelerate Okanagan used the same wording independently in 2023.",
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