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Claude Sonnet 5: The New Default in Claude Code, Explained

Sonnet 5 landed June 30 with near-Opus coding ability, a 1M-token context window, and $2/$10 launch pricing through August. Here's what actually changed, the tokenizer fine print that affects your bill, and which model to run when.

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