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**2023-03-10**
* New method: `cfdm.Field.del_properties`
(https://github.com/NCAS-CMS/cfdm/issues/241)
* New keyword parameter to `cfdm.unique_constructs`:
``ignore_properties`` (https://github.com/NCAS-CMS/cfdm/issues/240)
* New keyword parameter to `cfdm.NetCDFArray`: ``missing_values``
(https://github.com/NCAS-CMS/cfdm/issues/246)
* Fixed bug that caused `cf.write` to erroneously change external
netCDF variable names (https://github.com/NCAS-CMS/cfdm/issues/244)
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