Something in this vein?
>>> baseString = "string with %s"
>>> [ baseString % ss for ss in ('foo', 'baz') ]
['string with foo', 'string with baz']
>>> b = " ".join([ baseString % ss for ss in ('foo', 'baz') ])
>>> b
'string with foo string with baz'
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