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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Detailed list of changes
 🚀 Enhancements
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-- ...
+- Speed up :func:`mne_bids.read_raw_bids` when lots of events are present by `Alexandre Gramfort`_ (:gh:`1079`)
 
 🧐 API and behavior changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^