as in to eliminate
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
the revelation that the candidate had excluded journalists from certain news outlets from the press briefing
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Recent Examples of exclude
Russia was excluded from what was formerly the G8 in 2014 after annexing Crimea.
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Danish Manzoor Bhat, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
That’s the lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic-era drop, Flowers says .
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Davis has long called attention to the ways Black women have been excluded from mainstream feminist movements.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 6 June 2025
The Supreme Judicial Court made this clear years ago in a case where a trial judge excluded evidence favorable to the defendant because the lawyers violated the rules of discovery.
—Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025
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Danish Manzoor Bhat, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
That’s the lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic-era drop, Flowers says .
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Davis has long called attention to the ways Black women have been excluded from mainstream feminist movements.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 6 June 2025
The Supreme Judicial Court made this clear years ago in a case where a trial judge excluded evidence favorable to the defendant because the lawyers violated the rules of discovery.
—Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclude
Verb
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Blue Diamond notified employees Friday morning that the site will wind down over the course of two years, eliminating 600 jobs.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Setting up restrictions for users could help eliminate internal theft and fraud and aid the investigation if an attack such as this were to occur.—
Renee Schafer,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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New technology in supersonic aircraft can allow the planes to fly faster than the speed of sound without a disruptive sonic boom being heard on the ground, but the regulations still ban those flights over land.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. flights to Haiti in November of last year after gunfire struck three aircraft operated by Spirit Airlines, JetBlue and American Airlines.—
Marisa Garcia,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Verb
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Right now, federal troops are prohibited by federal law from making arrests and other law enforcement activity.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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The commissioners, on the other hand, are bound by Florida Sunshine Law, which prohibits them from discussing legislative matters with each other outside of a public meeting.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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President Trump on Wednesday signed a travel ban on 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, resurrecting an effort from his first term to prevent large numbers of immigrants and visitors from entering the United States.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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Iran's arch-foe Israel, which sees Tehran's nuclear programme as an existential threat, has repeatedly threatened to bomb the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.—
Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's emergency request to overturn Hollander's temporary restraining order, which barred access to SSA records.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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Employers are also barred from asking about a job applicant’s salary history under a separate law that took effect in 2020.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Exclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclude. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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