
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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Consider the following 4 by 4 grid with one corner square removed:
You may start at any square in this grid and at each move, you may either stop or travel to an adjacent square (sharing a side, not just a corner) that you have not already visited (the square you start at is automatically marked as visited). Determine the distinct number of paths you can take.

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