How would you design an autocomplete component to handle debounce and race conditions?

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Imagine you're typing in a search box and it suggests words as you type. To make sure it works well, we need to make it wait a bit before searching, so it doesn't search too much. We also need to make sure it doesn't get confused if you type fast.

How would you design an autocomplete component to handle debounce and race conditions?

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