import res = 'A. (abbaabb) .A. (bbabbaba) .A. (bbbbabbbb)'print(re.sub(r'\([^()]+\)', lambda x: x.group().replace('A', ''), s))
Standard input is empty
A. (abbaabb) .A. (bbabbaba) .A. (bbbbabbbb)
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