input: from typing import List
  
  def remove_redundancies(text: List[str]) -> List[str]:
      """
      Modify each string in the given list to remove any redundant parts of the text.
      Redundancy is defined as consecutive similar phrases or words.
      
      >>> remove_redundancies(["Hi, my name is "+name+".", "I am special and nothing else matters.", "What about you?"])
      ["Hi, my name is "+name+". I am special and nothing else matters.", "What about you?"]
  
      >>> remove_redundancies(["This is is redundant.", "This too too."])
      ["This is redundant.", "This too."]
      """
output:     
      result = []
      for sentence in text:
          words = sentence.split()
          new_words = [words[0]]
          for i in range(1, len(words)):
              if words[i] != words[i-1]:
                  new_words.append(words[i])
          result.append(' '.join(new_words))
      return result
  