diff --git a/.codespell-ignore-lines b/.codespell-ignore-lines
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+++ b/.codespell-ignore-lines
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+      mynewt-nimble/nimble/host/services/ans/src/ble_svc_ans.c
+      mynewt-nimble/nimble/host/services/ans/include
diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
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+[codespell]
+
+# Add complete lines to be ignored to this file.
+# Example for ignoring all current occurrences of (verifiably correct) word usage:
+#   grep -hirw "emac" | sort | uniq >>.codespell-ignore-lines
+exclude-file = .codespell-ignore-lines
+
+# Ignore complete files (e.g. legal text or other immutable material).
+skip =
+  LICENSE,