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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. text = """"
  4. \nword1     meanings
  5. \nword123         measings
  6. \nword12345        meanings
  7. """
  8.  
  9. maxLen = len(max(re.findall(r"^\S+", text, re.M), key=len))
  10. result = re.sub(r"(\S+)[^\S\r\n]+", lambda m: m.group(1) + ((maxLen + 1) - len(m.group(1))) * " ", text)
  11. print(result)
  12.  
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word1     meanings

word123   measings

word12345 meanings
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Python 3 (python  3.9.5)
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2 years ago
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