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And then into that den of exclusion, waltzes 20-year-old Katharine Blodgett, hired as a full-fledged scientist, excited to start working for Irving Langmuir.—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026 The exclusion of these students reshapes the public school landscape.—Jill Stegman, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026 Baldeck instead provided a copy of its exclusion policy, which was already public.—Amber Gaudet
updated February 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2026 Tax benefits are limited Because the lifetime gift/estate tax exclusion amount is currently so high, avoiding estate tax shouldn’t be a major motivation for most people to gift assets to individuals during their lifetimes—at least for now.—Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exclusion
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exclusion-, exclusio, from excludere