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<?php 
	$excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
	echo '<p>'.limit_excerpt_words($excerpt, 25).'</p>';
?>

function limit_excerpt_words($excerpt, $words){
    preg_match("/(?:\w+(?:\W+|$)){0,$words}/", $excerpt, $matches);
    return $matches[0];
}