Check exact match of a word in a list of words

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Published on 2011-11-26T00:31:20Z Indexed on 2011/11/26 1:50 UTC
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I want to check if a word is in a list of words.

word = "with"
word_list = ["without", "bla", "foo", "bar"]

I tried if word in set(list), but it is not yielding the wanted result due to the fact in is matching string rather than item. That is to say, "with" is a match in any of the words in the word_list but still if "with" in set(list) will say True.

What is a simpler way for doing this check than manually iterate over the list?

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