Extracting duplicate names that are similar in the first 3 words of the title.

sofas

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Welcome. I have a list of work section titles in column A, for example,
The database was installed on the last day.
Sometimes I write it like this: The The database was installed on the last
. This is just an example. What I'm looking for is a code or Formula to extract duplicate names that are similar in the first 3 words of the title.
 

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One way would be to use a UDF to remove sequential duplicates.

Book2 (version 1).xlsb
AB
1BeforeAfter
2The The database was installed on the lastThe database was installed on the last
3The The The database was installed on the lastThe database was installed on the last
4The database database database was installed on the lastThe database was installed on the last
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:B4B2=removedups(A2)


VBA Code:
Function RemoveDups(Title As String) As String
    Dim S As String, SA As Variant, I As Long
    
    SA = Split(Application.Trim(Replace(Title, Chr(160), " ")), " ")
    For I = 0 To UBound(SA) - 1
        If SA(I) = SA(I + 1) Then
            S = S & " "
        Else
            S = S & SA(I) & " "
        End If
    Next I
    S = Application.Trim(S & SA(UBound(SA)))
    RemoveDups = S
End Function
 
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