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= Solution

Since the <natural logarithm> is increasing, comparison with an <integral> gives
$$
\int_1^n\log x\,dx\leq\sum_{k=1}^n\log k\leq n\log n.
$$
The lower bound is $n\log n-n+1$. Dividing all three expressions by $n\log n$ and applying the <squeeze theorem> gives
$$
\boxed{\log(n!)\sim n\log n}.
$$

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