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They belong in manual review, where an admin can evaluate the match before anything changes. And in some cases, the best answer is not to merge at all. An enrich-only behavior can populate the incoming record with data from the matched record while leaving both records intact, which gives teams a safer option when they are not ready to commit to a full merge.",[],{"_key":1182,"_type":148,"children":1183,"markDefs":1188,"style":156},"13eac895bf74",[1184],{"_key":1185,"_type":152,"marks":1186,"text":1187},"89e261bcab3f",[],"This is how Sweep handles duplicate matches",[],{"_key":1190,"_type":148,"children":1191,"markDefs":1195,"style":166},"459cebd677cd",[1192],{"_key":1185,"_type":152,"marks":1193,"text":1194},[],"Admins can choose auto-merge, manual review, or enrich-only behavior based on the scenario. That flexibility matters because “duplicate” is not a single operational category. A lead-to-lead match from the same form source may be safe to merge automatically. 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