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Any decision regarding Iran’s participation or nation exclusions would involve complex political and economic costs that extend far beyond football considerations.
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Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The verse on the song by the not-yet-mainstream artist who dropped her debut album, Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, in September of 1999, was uncredited; hence her exclusion from Grammy recognition when the rap group was first honored.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Do exclusion rates spike around experience thresholds, employment gaps or credential filters?
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In Tulsa, dispossession unfolded not as a single event, but instead through the denial of insurance claims, the exclusion from public programs, the removal of homes through urban renewal, and decades of political pressure not to speak.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
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Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The verse on the song by the not-yet-mainstream artist who dropped her debut album, Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, in September of 1999, was uncredited; hence her exclusion from Grammy recognition when the rap group was first honored.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Do exclusion rates spike around experience thresholds, employment gaps or credential filters?
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
In Tulsa, dispossession unfolded not as a single event, but instead through the denial of insurance claims, the exclusion from public programs, the removal of homes through urban renewal, and decades of political pressure not to speak.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for exclusion
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“Exclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusion. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationMedical Definition
exclusion
noun
ex·clu·sion
iks-ˈklü-zhən 
: surgical separation of part of an organ from the rest without excision
Legal Definition
exclusion
noun
ex·clu·sion
ik-ˈsklü-zhən
1
: the act of excluding or state of being excluded
specifically
: refusal of entry into the U.S. by immigration officials
review of deportation and exclusion orders
compare deportation
2
: something that excludes or is excluded: as
a
: a part of an insurance contract that excludes specified risks from coverage compare condition, declaration
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