
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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On New Year's Eve, a student wishes to send a greeting message to each of his 4 friends to save time for watching the Spring Festival Gala. He plans to select the message content directly from the drafts in his mobile phone. It is known that there are only 3 suitable messages in his phone's draft box. How many different methods are there for the student to send messages?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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