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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 4-1-23 on page I-273 in "The placement of the item label or item text".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}


  \usepackage{microtype}  % for better line breaking
  \tolerance=2000


%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{enumitem}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}[wide,nosep]
  \item
    This item appears as a normal paragraph.

    Here is a second paragraph for comparison.
\end{itemize}
\begin{description}[wide=0pt]
  \item[Longer label]
    Another common setting would be \texttt{0pt},
    i.e., no indentation whatsoever.

    Here is a second paragraph.
\end{description}
\end{document}