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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 try_decoding(data, encoding):
    '''Return whether the Python codec could decode the data.'''
    try:
        data.decode(encoding, 'strict')
    except UnicodeError:
        # Data under 16 bytes is very unlikely to be truncated
        if len(data) > 16:
            for trim in (1, 2, 3):
                trimmed_data = data[:-trim]
                if trimmed_data:
                    try:
                        trimmed_data.decode(encoding, 'strict')
                    except UnicodeError:
                        continue
                    else:
                        return True
        return False
    else:
        return True