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Here we demonstrate the preparation of a mechanical resonator in Schr\u00f6dinger cat states of motion, where the \u223c10\n                    <jats:sup>17<\/jats:sup>\n                    constituent atoms are in a superposition of two opposite-phase oscillations. We control the size and phase of the superpositions and investigate their decoherence dynamics. 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