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Special characters can be printed using Python by using their corresponding escape sequences. For example:

1. To print a newline character (\n):

print("Hello\nWorld")

Output:

Hello
World

1. To print a tab character (\t):

print("Hello\tWorld")

Output:

Hello    World

1. To print a backslash ():

print("Hello\\World")

Output:

Hello\World

1. To print a single quote (') or double quote ("):

print('Hello "World"')
print("Hello 'World'")

Output:

Hello "World"
Hello 'World'

1. To print a Unicode character:

print("\u03A9") # prints the Omega symbol (Ω)

Output:

Ω