T = int(input())
while T:
T-=1
w = input()
nw = ""
i = 0
while i < len(w) - 1:
nw += w[i]
if w[i] == w[i+1]:
i += 1
i += 1
if w[-1] != w[-2]: nw += w[-1]
print(nw)
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