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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_first_word(ctx, text):
 """ Removes the first word from the given text string """

    text = conversions.to_string(text, ctx).lstrip()
    first = first_word(ctx, text)
    return text[len(first):].lstrip() if first else ''