A hard classic riddle
I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
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You write with me.
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Pencil lead
Also accepted: lead, graphite, a pencil, pencil.
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The answer is Pencil lead. You write with me.
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