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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def update_query(self, *args, **kwargs):
 """Return a new URL with query part updated."""

        s = self._get_str_query(*args, **kwargs)
        new_query = MultiDict(parse_qsl(s, keep_blank_values=True))
        query = MultiDict(self.query)
        query.update(new_query)

        return URL(self._val._replace(query=self._get_str_query(query)), encoded=True)