how best do I find the intersection of multiple sets in python?

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I have a list of sets:

setlist = [s1,s2,s3...]

I want s1 n s2 n s3 ...

I can write a function to do it by performing a series of pairwise s1.intersection(s2), etc., but is there a recommended, better, or built-in way?

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