Examples of disallow in a Sentence
The touchdown was disallowed because of a penalty.
disallowing the philosophical concept of free will
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Most recently, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act disallows pending ERC claims submitted after January 31, 2024, for the third and fourth quarter of 2021.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The governor’s budget proposal tried to address the ballooning expenditures by pausing Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented immigrants, adding premiums for that population, and disallowing coverage for certain drugs, such as Ozempic, for weight loss.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
Isak could be sold to Al Hilal for £150m and Newcastle would enjoy the cash, but under UEFA rules, they’d be disallowed from booking any profit — thus doing nothing to improve their ability to remain compliant on the European stage.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 25 July 2025
The law disallows such a relationship to keep the testing labs independent of their customers.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The governor’s budget proposal tried to address the ballooning expenditures by pausing Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented immigrants, adding premiums for that population, and disallowing coverage for certain drugs, such as Ozempic, for weight loss.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
Isak could be sold to Al Hilal for £150m and Newcastle would enjoy the cash, but under UEFA rules, they’d be disallowed from booking any profit — thus doing nothing to improve their ability to remain compliant on the European stage.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 25 July 2025
The law disallows such a relationship to keep the testing labs independent of their customers.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
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“Disallow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disallow. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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disallow
transitive verb
dis·al·low
ˌdi-sə-ˈlau̇ 
1
: to deny the truth, force, or validity of
disallowed the deduction
disallow a bankruptcy claim
2
: to refuse to allow
disallow payment of benefits
disallowance
noun
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