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
Synonyms
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
That excludes stations at hotels, car dealerships and other places only available to their customers.
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
Update Job Postings: Employers must also remove any language in job postings that could exclude applicants based on criminal history unless it is legally required.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The relatives, more than 20, gathered amid ongoing concerns that key evidence was excluded or not yet available when the brothers were convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the shocking shotgun slayings of their parents José and Kitty Menendez more than 30 years ago.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Executives of the development partnership, the West Los Angeles Veterans Collective, have excluded a hotel from their plans and denied in interviews and public meetings that the survey found any veteran interest in a hotel.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
Update Job Postings: Employers must also remove any language in job postings that could exclude applicants based on criminal history unless it is legally required.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The relatives, more than 20, gathered amid ongoing concerns that key evidence was excluded or not yet available when the brothers were convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the shocking shotgun slayings of their parents José and Kitty Menendez more than 30 years ago.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Executives of the development partnership, the West Los Angeles Veterans Collective, have excluded a hotel from their plans and denied in interviews and public meetings that the survey found any veteran interest in a hotel.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Exclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclude. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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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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