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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 _expand_users(device_users, common_users):

    '''Creates a longer list of accepted users on the device.'''

    expected_users = deepcopy(common_users)
    expected_users.update(device_users)

    return expected_users