3563. Lexicographically Smallest String After Adjacent Removals
You are given a string s consisting of lowercase English letters. You can perform the following operation any number of times (including zero): - Remove any pair of adjacent characters in the string that are consecutive in the alphabet, in either order (e.g., 'a' and 'b', or 'b' and 'a'). - Shift the remaining characters to the left to fill the gap. Return the lexicographically smallest string
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