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No, the word 'they' is a personal pronoun.

A personal pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun for a specific person (people) or thing (things).

The personal pronouns are: I, you, we, he, she, it, me, us, him, her, they, them.

The pronoun 'they' takes the place of a plural noun or two or more nouns as the subject of a sentence or a clause.

Example: The Robinsons came to visit and they brought the baby with them. (the personal pronoun 'they' takes the place of the plural noun 'Robinsons' as the subject of the second part of the sentence)

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