How can I center something if I don't know ahead of time what the width is?

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I am trying to center a paragraph tag with some text in it within a div, but I can't seem to center it using margin: 0 auto without having to specify a fixed width for the paragraph. I don't want to specify a fixed width, because I will have dynamic text coming into the paragraph tag and it will always be a different width based on how much text it is.

Does anyone know how I can center the paragraph tag within the div without having to specify a fixed width for the paragraph or without using tables?

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