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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 import_metadata(module_paths):
 """Import all the given modules"""

    cwd = os.getcwd()
    if cwd not in sys.path:
        sys.path.insert(0, cwd)
    modules = []
    try:
        for path in module_paths:
            modules.append(import_module(path))
    except ImportError as e:
        err = RuntimeError('Could not import {}: {}'.format(path, str(e)))
        raise_from(err, e)
    return modules