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Running ESM on Node REPL

d3 v7 is packaged as ESM only. That made it difficult to use in the Node.js REPL. From this StackOverflow thread, I found a solution.

let d3;
import("d3").then((module) => {
  d3 = module;
});
// Then you can use d3 anywhere once the promise is resolved.