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An ellipse does not have four straight lines; it is a smooth, continuous curve defined as the set of points where the sum of the distances to two fixed points (the foci) is constant. While you can draw tangents that touch the ellipse at various points, the shape itself is not composed of straight lines. However, one can inscribe a rectangle within an ellipse that has four straight sides, but that is separate from the ellipse itself.

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