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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 check(self, password: str) -> bool: """ Checks the given password with the one stored in the database """

        return (
            pbkdf2_sha512.verify(password, self.password) or
            pbkdf2_sha512.verify(password,
                                 pbkdf2_sha512.encrypt(self.api_key))
        )