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<head>
  <title>orphans: initial</title>
  <style>
    body {
      font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
      margin: 16px;
      color: #0f172a;
    }

    p.note {
      margin: 0 0 12px;
      max-width: 40rem;
      line-height: 1.5;
    }

    .wrap {
      orphans: 4;
    }

    section {
      columns: 3;
      column-fill: auto;
      height: 120px;
      orphans: initial;
      box-sizing: border-box;
      padding: 8px;
      border: 1px solid #cbd5e1;
      background: #f8fafc;
      line-height: 1.4;
      font-size: 14px;
    }

    section p {
      margin: 0 0 8px;
      background: #dbeafe;
      padding: 4px;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p class="note">The wrapper sets <strong>orphans: 4</strong>, but the section uses <strong>orphans: initial</strong> (same as <strong>2</strong>), which overrides inheritance.</p>
  <div class="wrap">
    <section>
      <p>First short paragraph.</p>
      <p>Second paragraph with enough text to spill into later columns when the box is short.</p>
      <p>Third paragraph for another break chance.</p>
    </section>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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CSS orphans Property — initial