Annotate ggplot with text labels using built-in functions and create non-overlapping labels with the ggrepel package.

Side-by-side ggplot2 graphs with the patchwork package. It’s incredibly easy to place multiple graphs with patchwork. For more on how to customize layouts, head to the patchwork website.

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