diff --git a/contains-duplicate/kimbro97.java b/contains-duplicate/kimbro97.java
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+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+class Solution {
+	public boolean containsDuplicate(int[] nums) {
+		HashSet<Integer> numSet  = new HashSet<>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
+
+			if (numSet.contains(nums[i])) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			numSet.add(nums[i]);
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+}