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The exclusion, which dates back decades, was meant to promote home cooking.—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 Weingart and Kim each noted that Weinstein’s trial lawyers had not objected to the exclusion of a subset of the messages, which would foreclose him from raising the issue on appeal.—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 His actions have distanced himself from that fanboy narrative — his roster construction technique tending toward risk-aversion to the exclusion of sentimental attachment to the franchise home run leader.—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026 Sanctions and exclusion from the F-35 program, triggered by the S-400 purchase, have strained ties unnecessarily while Russia benefits from the wedge.—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exclusion
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exclusion-, exclusio, from excludere