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<?php $cities = ['New York', 'Boston', 'Los Angeles', 'Cincinnati', 'Chicago', 'Houston', 'Philadelphia', 'Dallas', 'Seattle']; $result = []; foreach ($cities as $city) { $result[$city[0]][] = $city; } var_export($result);

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