input: from typing import List
  
  def eliminate_redundancies(code_lines: List[str]) -> List[str]:
      """ Modify the given list of code lines to eliminate any redundant lines.
      >>> eliminate_redundancies(["def just_me(name):", "    print('Hi, my name is '+name+'.')\n    print('I am special and nothing else matters.')\n    print('What about you?')"])
      ["def just_me(name):", "    print('Hi, my name is '+name+'. I am special and nothing else matters.')\n    print('What about you?')"]
      """
output:     modified_lines = []
      for line in code_lines:
          if line.strip() and not any(line.strip() == l.strip() for l in modified_lines):
              modified_lines.append(line)
      return modified_lines