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+def is_palindrome(text: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Check if a string is a palindrome.
+
+    A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of
+    characters which reads the same backward as forward.
+
+    Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome
+
+    Examples:
+    >>> is_palindrome("radar")
+    True
+    >>> is_palindrome("hello")
+    False
+    >>> is_palindrome("level")
+    True
+    """
+    return text == text[::-1]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()