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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 default_scopes(self, scopes):
 """Set default scopes for client."""

        validate_scopes(scopes)
        self._default_scopes = " ".join(set(scopes)) if scopes else ""