as in averted
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
issued a strict schedule for doing household chores so as to preclude any arguments
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Recent Examples of precluded
Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The baying scrum around the Renaissance masterpiece—and his height at the time—precluded a glimpse of her crook of a smile.
—Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
As scholars in the field, the expertise of the authors generally precluded the need for fact-checking, so inaccuracies inevitably occurred.
—Joelle Renstrom
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Monitoring for the six pathogens is no longer required for the 10 states that participate in the program, though those states aren’t precluded from conducting surveillance on their own.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
But if the Heat had traded Robinson for a player whose contract extended past last season, that could have potentially precluded the Heat from having the flexibility to trade for Powell.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Although the Basic Agreement between owners and players grants permission to schedule games in San Juan, Paris, and Mexico City, financial considerations precluded those venues from appearing on the 2025 schedule.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The baying scrum around the Renaissance masterpiece—and his height at the time—precluded a glimpse of her crook of a smile.
—Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
As scholars in the field, the expertise of the authors generally precluded the need for fact-checking, so inaccuracies inevitably occurred.
—Joelle Renstrom
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Monitoring for the six pathogens is no longer required for the 10 states that participate in the program, though those states aren’t precluded from conducting surveillance on their own.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
But if the Heat had traded Robinson for a player whose contract extended past last season, that could have potentially precluded the Heat from having the flexibility to trade for Powell.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precluded
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The vaccines are estimated to prevented 38 million deaths among people born between 2000 and 2030 in 98 low and middle-income countries, according to the CDC.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Ninety-three percent believe AI assistance could have prevented at least one major misstep in their last incident.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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What's much harder to measure is the number of shootings that have been averted.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Monday’s announcement means that risk could now be averted.—
Ryan Browne,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Precluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precluded. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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