Check exact match of a word in a list of words
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I want to check if a word is in a list of words.
word = "with"
word_list = ["without", "bla", "foo", "bar"]
I tried if word in set(list), but it is not yielding the wanted result due to the fact in is matching string rather than item. That is to say, "with" is a match in any of the words in the word_list but still if "with" in set(list) will say True.
What is a simpler way for doing this check than manually iterate over the list?
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