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We also investigate two    \u03b8   -metrics on     CB ( X )     (family of nonempty closed and bounded subsets of a set X). Furthermore, using the obtained    \u03b8   -metrics on     CB ( X )    , we prove two new fixed point results for multi-functions which generalize the results of Nadler and Lim type in the context of such spaces. 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