docs(a11y): clarify identical links audit text#17076
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Summary
identical-links-same-purposeaudit copy so it matches the axe rule semantics.The axe rule checks whether links with the same accessible name serve a similar purpose. The previous Lighthouse description described the inverse relationship, which made reports confusing when links had the same label but different destinations.
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corepack yarn install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scriptscorepack yarn build-report --standalone --flowcorepack yarn update:sample-jsoncorepack yarn eslint core/audits/accessibility/identical-links-same-purpose.jscorepack yarn i18n:checksC:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe core/scripts/assert-golden-lhr-unchanged.shgit diff --check