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See, e.g., ILL. REV. STAT. ch. 32, § 157.9 (“The corporate name . . . [s]hall not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the corporate name or assumed name of any domestic corporation existing under any Act of this State or of any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State . . . .”); KAN. STAT. ANN. § 17--6002 (“The articles of incorporation shall set forth . . . [t]he name of the corporation which . . . shall be such as to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the secretary of state from the names of other corporations and partnerships organized, reserved or registered under the laws of this state . . . .”); KY. REV. STAT. § 271A.040 (“The corporate name . . . [s]hall not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any domestic corporation existing under the laws of this state or any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state . . . .”); MO. REV. STAT. § 351.110 (“The corporate name . . . [s]hall not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any domestic corporation existing under any law of this state or any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state . . . .”).