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Recent Examples of blacklist
Johnson, meanwhile, touted measures that would prohibit the Department of Defense from working with vendors that have boycotted Israel and banning the Pentagon from contracting with advertising firms that blacklist conservative news sources.
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Brad Dress, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Robeson was one of the first performers to be blacklisted from television, and his banishment lasted longer than any other performer of the blacklist era — twenty-five years, ending only with his death.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
The ability to blacklist specific buyers under specific conditions is essential to prevent human rights abuses involving widely available and generally benign commercial items, such as intelligent traffic cameras and smart doorbells.
—Emily S. Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2022
During that period, the Indian firm made at least 13 shipments of the same type of parts to a buyer for Rosoboronexport, which is blacklisted by the British and American authorities.
—Jane Bradley, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Brad Dress, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Robeson was one of the first performers to be blacklisted from television, and his banishment lasted longer than any other performer of the blacklist era — twenty-five years, ending only with his death.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
The ability to blacklist specific buyers under specific conditions is essential to prevent human rights abuses involving widely available and generally benign commercial items, such as intelligent traffic cameras and smart doorbells.
—Emily S. Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2022
During that period, the Indian firm made at least 13 shipments of the same type of parts to a buyer for Rosoboronexport, which is blacklisted by the British and American authorities.
—Jane Bradley, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacklist
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Adjusted core earnings, excluding restructuring costs, jumped 44% year-over-year to SEK 6.2 billion for the quarter.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Late last week, NPR reported that the State Department is changing its guidelines on its yearly international human rights reports, notably to exclude much of the criticism levied against regimes who commit abuses.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Several food dyes found in candies, soft drinks and snack foods will be banned.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Red 3 was banned from cosmetics more than three decades before it was stripped from food and medicine.—
Matthew Perrone,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2025
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The other four teams that did it (2021-22 New Orleans Pelicans, 2010-11 Indiana Pacers, 2007-08 Atlanta Hawks and 2003-04 Boston Celtics) all were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Anything less would be another painful letdown after Messi and Miami were eliminated by Atlanta United in the opening round of last year’s MLS playoffs.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Since that time, the free agent has been trying to get back on the field as a player, though it’s been widely said that he’s been blackballed.—
James Sanders,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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The resolution of the cases culminates a lengthy personal and legal odyssey for the first student to make the accusations, Alex Harrison, who was subsequently blackballed by the insular sporting community there.—
David W. Chen,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
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Rutte didn't rule out eventual NATO membership for Ukraine.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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To be safe, also follow up with a healthcare provider to rule out any underlying medical conditions.—
Kayla Girgen,
Verywell Health,
24 Apr. 2025
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Hammie also screams at people on car trips and sometimes has to be exiled to the dashboard.—
Anna North,
Vox,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Garifuna people are descendants of Indigenous Caribbean tribes and enslaved Africans, who were exiled from St. Vincent and the Grenadines by British colonizers and settled largely on the coast of Central America.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps more important, though, is doing your best to prevent those flares in the first place.—
Sierra Leone Starks,
Allure,
18 Apr. 2025
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To prevent mold, be cautious when storing homemade bread.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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That could include access to billions in federal subsidies to increase rural internet access that SpaceX was shut out of under the Biden administration.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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That’s the second time this season, and the seventh time in franchise history, the Blue Jackets have been shut out in consecutive games.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklist. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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