# Safely delete keys from a dict during iteration

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Domain: Python · Difficulty: medium

## Problem

Safely delete keys from a dict during iteration. Given data = {'a': 1, 'b': 5, 'c': 2, 'd': 8}, iterate over list(data.keys()) and delete keys where the value is less than 3. Print the result.

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