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These isolating experiences kept building until the exclusion of an entire school’s special‑needs population from an event sparked a turning point.
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
The same brain regions involved in physical pain light up during emotional distress, such as social exclusion and loneliness, according to an fMRI study.
—Kyra Dahring, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
The couples my father spoke with in the 1930s built lives together under daily scrutiny, employment discrimination, police harassment, and exclusion from white neighborhoods.
—Dorothy Roberts, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
The consolation prize for disgruntled local talent is the best British film award, which five years ago expanded its field to 10 nominees — in theory to better reflect the breadth and diversity of British cinema, though the risk of greater expansion is that exclusions become more pointed.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
The same brain regions involved in physical pain light up during emotional distress, such as social exclusion and loneliness, according to an fMRI study.
—Kyra Dahring, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
The couples my father spoke with in the 1930s built lives together under daily scrutiny, employment discrimination, police harassment, and exclusion from white neighborhoods.
—Dorothy Roberts, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
The consolation prize for disgruntled local talent is the best British film award, which five years ago expanded its field to 10 nominees — in theory to better reflect the breadth and diversity of British cinema, though the risk of greater expansion is that exclusions become more pointed.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Exclusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusion. Accessed 21 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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