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Write an SQL query to find the second-highest salary.
Tests whether you reach for a window function (DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY salary DESC)) or a correlated subquery as the robust, portable solution, rather than LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1, which breaks silently on duplicate top salaries.
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