
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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Based on a city's rules, the buildings of a street may not have more than  $9$  stories. Moreover, if the number of stories of two buildings is the same, no matter how far they are from each other, there must be a building with a higher number of stories between them. What is the maximum number of buildings that can be built on one side of a street in this city?

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