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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 skip_status(*skipped):
 """Decorator to skip this call if we're in one of the skipped states."""

  def decorator(func):
    @functools.wraps(func)
    def _skip_status(self, *args, **kwargs):
      if self.status not in skipped:
        return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
    return _skip_status
  return decorator