excluded; excluding
1
a
: 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
excluder
noun
Examples of exclude in a Sentence
You can share files with some people on the network while excluding others.
The prices on the menu exclude tax.
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After excluding visits for VOC complicated by other diagnoses that necessitated an ESI 2 and visits for other acute sickle cell disease complications, the study included 66 ED visits by 41 patients.
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
From animal welfare to AI models, research often frames questions in ways that center human priorities and exclude nonhuman perspectives.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
The following month, the White House excluded the Associated Press from events for not following the President’s Executive Order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
—Connor Greene, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The rules generally exclude service businesses, and primarily benefit businesses in technology, manufacturing, retail, and wholesale sectors, said Barbara Weltman, president of small business resource site Big Ideas for Small Business.
—Beth Braverman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
From animal welfare to AI models, research often frames questions in ways that center human priorities and exclude nonhuman perspectives.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
The following month, the White House excluded the Associated Press from events for not following the President’s Executive Order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
—Connor Greene, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The rules generally exclude service businesses, and primarily benefit businesses in technology, manufacturing, retail, and wholesale sectors, said Barbara Weltman, president of small business resource site Big Ideas for Small Business.
—Beth Braverman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exclude
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“Exclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclude. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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exclude
verb
ex·clude
iks-ˈklüd 
excluded; excluding
: to shut or keep out
excludable
adjective
-ˈklüd-ə-bəl
exclusion
noun
-ˈklü-zhən
Legal Definition
exclude
transitive verb
ex·clude
ik-ˈsklüd
excluded; excluding
1
: to prevent or restrict the entry or admission of
exclude hearsay evidence
2
: to remove from participation, consideration, or inclusion (as in insurance coverage)
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