exclude

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ex·clude | \ ik-ˈsklüd

excluded; excluding

Definition of exclude

transitive verb

1a : to prevent or restrict the entrance of

b : to bar from participation, consideration, or inclusion

2 : to expel or bar especially from a place or position previously occupied

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You can share files with some people on the network while excluding others. The prices on the menu exclude tax.

Recent Examples on the Web Behavioral interviewing can exclude people rather than include them. — Meg O'connell, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 And those figures — already dismal when compared with other rich countries — exclude millions of Americans whose jobs don’t include paid time off. — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021 That included an ultimately unsuccessful effort to exclude people living in the country illegally. — Jennifer Peltz And Marina Villeneuve, Star Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021 World Nomads offers travel insurance that doesn’t exclude scuba diving and many other extreme or hazardous sports. — Chauncey Crail, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2021 Falsey also said that a majority of Anchorage’s city employees are part of a labor union or bargaining unit and that the idea was not to exclude them but to negotiate parental leave at the bargaining table. — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2021 His response is to exclude the unvaccinated from many of the functions of daily life. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2021 Hill argued that the system doesn’t totally exclude white people, saying a small percentage of white people on the waiting list do get a vaccine appointment. — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2021 Specially appointed Judge Pam Baschab during a status hearing this afternoon denied a request from Blakely’s attorneys to exclude such evidence. — Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2021

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