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Recent Examples of exclusion from the Web
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Improper restriction and exclusion of ill food service employees.
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But the Senate analysis said that approach means the state couldn’t use potential exclusion from the single-payer system as a means of negotiating favorable prices, as health insurers often do.
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Nineteenth-century exclusion laws, long-ago repealed, prevented African-Americans from living in the state, and Oregon has been predominantly white ever since.
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Black exclusion laws stayed in the Oregon constitution until 2000.
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The exclusion of Destenay from the caption led some critics to accuse the White House of homophobia.
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The Children’s Place: Save 60% off summer apparel and 50% off everything else with free shipping, no exclusions.
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Creditors are also complaining about the exclusion from the restructuring list of about 500 million manat ($297 million) of subordinated debt owed to the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.
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Somebody who’s very engaged in a game is focusing on one thing to the exclusion of everything else.
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Origin and Etymology of exclusion
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exclusion-, exclusio, from excludere
Other Legal Terms
EXCLUSION Defined for Kids
exclusion
playDefinition of exclusion for Students
: the act of shutting or keeping out : the state of being shut or kept out
Medical Dictionary
Law Dictionary
exclusion
playLegal Definition of exclusion
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 b : an amount that is excluded from tax liability — compare credit, deduction, exemption
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