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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 _sanitize_numbers(uncleaned_numbers):
 """ Convert strings to integers if possible """

    cleaned_numbers = []
    for x in uncleaned_numbers:
        try:
            cleaned_numbers.append(int(x))
        except ValueError:
            cleaned_numbers.append(x)
    return cleaned_numbers