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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 is_mutating(status):
 """Determines if the statement is mutating based on the status."""

    if not status:
        return False

    mutating = set(['insert', 'update', 'delete', 'alter', 'create', 'drop',
                    'replace', 'truncate', 'load'])
    return status.split(None, 1)[0].lower() in mutating