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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 _remove_empty_entries(entries):
 """Remove empty entries in a list"""

    valid_entries = []
    for entry in set(entries):
        if entry:
            valid_entries.append(entry)
    return sorted(valid_entries)