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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
Empower responded, essentially, that retirement savers deserve a crack at the lucrative private investment market, after decades of exclusion.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The word pariah in English maintains the sense of social exclusion informed by a negative ethical judgment of social value.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Beneath its genre surface, the film mounts a pointed examination of xenophobia and social exclusion, refracted through the lens of Korea’s breakneck modernization and its attendant ecological and geopolitical anxieties.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Mar. 2026
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
Empower responded, essentially, that retirement savers deserve a crack at the lucrative private investment market, after decades of exclusion.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The word pariah in English maintains the sense of social exclusion informed by a negative ethical judgment of social value.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Beneath its genre surface, the film mounts a pointed examination of xenophobia and social exclusion, refracted through the lens of Korea’s breakneck modernization and its attendant ecological and geopolitical anxieties.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Exclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusion. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationMedical Definition
exclusion
noun
ex·clu·sion
iks-ˈklü-zhən 
: surgical separation of part of an organ from the rest without excision
Legal Definition
exclusion
noun
ex·clu·sion
ik-ˈsklü-zhən
1
: the act of excluding or state of being excluded
specifically
: refusal of entry into the U.S. by immigration officials
review of deportation and exclusion orders
compare deportation
2
: something that excludes or is excluded: as
a
: a part of an insurance contract that excludes specified risks from coverage compare condition, declaration
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