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<p>By default, Ember will attempt to instantiate a registered factory when it is
looked up. When registering an already instantiated object instead of a class,
use the <code>instantiate: false</code> option to avoid attempts to re-instantiate it
during lookups.</p>
<p>In the following example, the <code>logger</code> is a plain JavaScript object that should
be returned "as is" when it's looked up:</p>
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