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+- Updated `EuiBasicTable` and `EuiInMemoryTable` to support a new controlled selection API: `selection.selected`
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+**Deprecations**
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+- Deprecated `EuiBasicTable` and `EuiInMemoryTable`'s ref `setSelection` API. Use the new `selection.selected` API instead.