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[api-extractor] usig-example switch causes typeError

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nodejs, typescript
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The issue names API Extractor's --example switch and recommends running with --diagnostics, but provides no source file, test, reproduction, or error details. Start by collecting the requested version, operating system, scenario, TypeScript, and Node.js information and reproducing the TypeError; done requires a confirmed cause and a verifiable fix.

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