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 Type: Package
 Package: duckplyr
 Title: A 'DuckDB'-Backed Version of 'dplyr'
-Version: 0.4.0.9004
+Version: 0.4.0.9005
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hannes", "Mühleisen", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8552-0029")),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# duckplyr 0.4.0.9005 (2024-07-11)
+
+## Features
+
+- `df_from_file()` and related functions support multiple files (#194, #195).
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Shorter startup message (#198).
+
+
 # duckplyr 0.4.0.9004 (2024-07-11)
 
 ## Bug fixes