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to declare not to be true
disallowing the philosophical concept of free will
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to be unwilling to grant
disallowed the defendant's request for a new trial
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Recent Examples of disallowed
Nirmal Jingar,
Forbes.com,
23 Feb. 2026
ABC News,
2 July 2026
But a video review ruled that Waldemar Anton had pushed Gill to the ground before the shot, and the goal was disallowed.
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Kyle Hightower,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
But a video review ruled that Waldemar Anton has pushed Gill to the ground before the shot and the goal was disallowed.
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Kyle Hightower,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
The president of the Brazilian football federation (CBF) has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino after Vinicius Junior had a goal disallowed in the group stage win over Scotland at the World Cup on Wednesday.
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Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
The Ecuadorian side immediately felt the goal should’ve been disallowed due to German midfielder Aleksander Pavlovic’s high boot that struck a player in the head.
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Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
Iran appeared to score in the 26th minute off a free kick, only for the goal to be disallowed after a video review determined scorer Mehdi Taremi was offside.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
However, the goal was disallowed by the referee and Germany eventually defeated England 4–1.
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Andrew Pereira,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
Austria eventually emerged with a 3-1 win Tuesday night over first-time World Cup participant Jordan, but only after late-game drama, including a go-ahead goal disallowed by a video review, an own-goal by Jordan, then Marko Arnautovic’s successful penalty kick 12 minutes into extra time.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Adjective
Jailbreaking involves persuading a model to ignore its safety rules and generate disallowed content.
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Nirmal Jingar,
Forbes.com,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
Ramos headed in the winner as Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in a wild finish that also included a Croatian goal disallowed for offside just before the final whistle in a World Cup round of 32 match on Thursday night.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
But a video review ruled that Waldemar Anton had pushed Gill to the ground before the shot, and the goal was disallowed.
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Kyle Hightower,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
But a video review ruled that Waldemar Anton has pushed Gill to the ground before the shot and the goal was disallowed.
—
Kyle Hightower,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
The president of the Brazilian football federation (CBF) has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino after Vinicius Junior had a goal disallowed in the group stage win over Scotland at the World Cup on Wednesday.
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Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
The Ecuadorian side immediately felt the goal should’ve been disallowed due to German midfielder Aleksander Pavlovic’s high boot that struck a player in the head.
—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
Iran appeared to score in the 26th minute off a free kick, only for the goal to be disallowed after a video review determined scorer Mehdi Taremi was offside.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
However, the goal was disallowed by the referee and Germany eventually defeated England 4–1.
—
Andrew Pereira,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
Austria eventually emerged with a 3-1 win Tuesday night over first-time World Cup participant Jordan, but only after late-game drama, including a go-ahead goal disallowed by a video review, an own-goal by Jordan, then Marko Arnautovic’s successful penalty kick 12 minutes into extra time.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disallowed
Adjective
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There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.
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The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
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Graf denied a defense request to force Robinson's partner to travel from Texas to testify in person.
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Historically, the Catholic Church had denied religious funerals inside its houses of worship as well as traditional burials for those who died in this way.
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He's refused to sign the bipartisan legislation until Congress passes a voting restrictions bill called the SAVE America Act.
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But both Mamdani and his police commissioner have repeatedly refused to discuss the nature of the event — angering some nearby business owners and raising questions about the use of public resources to cover private security.
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More recently, mathematicians have been able to adapt Erdős’ method to get better estimates of Ramsey numbers where the forbidden cliques differ vastly in size.
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And thank God for that, because forbidden love is my favorite type of drama to watch on Love Island.
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The Yolo County Board of Supervisors rejected those findings.
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In May, the EEOC filed a discrimination lawsuit against the New York Times alleging discrimination against a white male employee, which the Times has rejected as politically motivated.
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The location for the bronze statue on the Wimbledon grounds hasn't been announced and Williams-Ellis declined to offer specifics about the pose.
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In doing so, Valdez, like fellow successful DSA New York Congressional candidate Avila Chevalier, declined to endorse Jeffries as minority leader or even Speaker if the Democrats take back the House.
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It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
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King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
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Though then-Bucks coach Doc Rivers refuted that report, Antetokounmpo acknowledged that the offseason was a time when temptation could be very real for him.
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After her daughter's murder, Franchetti began a grassroots movement to rewrite family court law, but the legislation was held up by legal language that might have greenlighted hearsay allegations or the potential for false claims that couldn't be refuted.
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“Disallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disallowed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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