title: regex or replace() with wildcard?
body: <p>I have a string:</p>
  
  <p><code>a (45:45) b (65:40) ccc (blah$#)</code></p>
  
  <p>I want to remove everything that are inside the <code>()</code>, including the <code>()</code> to look like this:</p>
  
  <p><code>a b ccc</code></p>
  
  <p>I was going to try to wrestle with <code>re</code> but thought maybe it could be done with a wildcard and <code>replace()</code>. I want to avoid <code>re</code> if possible.</p>