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  1. import re
  2. phrase = '5 hampshire road bradford on avon avon dinas powys powys north somerset hampshire avon'
  3. c_except = [r"on\s",r"dinas\s"]
  4. c_out = ["avon", "powys", "somerset","hampshire"]
  5. rx = r"(?<!\b{0})({1})".format(r")(?<!\b".join(c_except), "|".join(c_out))
  6. print(re.sub(rx, "", phrase))
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5  road bradford on avon  dinas powys  north
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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8 years ago
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