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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_output_path(path: str = None) -> str: """ Removes the specified path from the output logging paths if it is in the listed paths. :param path: The path to remove from the logging output paths. If the path is empty or no path is given, the current working directory will be used instead. """

    cleaned = paths.clean(path or os.getcwd())
    if cleaned in _logging_paths:
        _logging_paths.remove(path)
    return cleaned