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<section> <p>This is a paragraph - it is a block element. But you can build a <span class="inline-block span-style">inline-block element inside it.</span> to which you can set the height/width. It will not move to a new line, but stay inside the paragraph.</p></section>
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body { width: 500px; font: 16px/1.5 monospace;}.span-style { padding: 10px; color: #fff; background: green;}.inline-block { display: inline-block;}
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