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as in prohibited
that may not be permitted
smoking is barred inside the restaurant
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as in forbade
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools
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as in excluded
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds
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as in guarded
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree
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Recent Examples of barred
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022
At the time of the fire, there were 57 female students in the dormitory, described by police as a flat concrete building measuring about 100 feet by 40 feet, with barred windows.
—Hande Atay Alam, CNN, 23 May 2023
Men wearing hoodies and expectant gazes drifted toward a house with barred windows.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
In California, for example, the legislature in 2018 barred felony murder charges against participants in a felony who did not personally kill anyone.
—jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2021
Similarly, Alexey Kortnev, the frontman of the band Neschastny Sluchai, who was tapped to be the festival's host, declined and expressed support for the barred candidates.
—Vladimir Kozlov, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2019
The couple and their daughter had lived with Martinez’s mother in a sea-green brick home with barred windows in a working-class neighborhood of San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador.
—Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
And the manner in which some died — trapped between barred windows and roaring flames — echoes this.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
Adjective
There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022
At the time of the fire, there were 57 female students in the dormitory, described by police as a flat concrete building measuring about 100 feet by 40 feet, with barred windows.
—Hande Atay Alam, CNN, 23 May 2023
Men wearing hoodies and expectant gazes drifted toward a house with barred windows.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
In California, for example, the legislature in 2018 barred felony murder charges against participants in a felony who did not personally kill anyone.
—jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2021
Similarly, Alexey Kortnev, the frontman of the band Neschastny Sluchai, who was tapped to be the festival's host, declined and expressed support for the barred candidates.
—Vladimir Kozlov, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2019
The couple and their daughter had lived with Martinez’s mother in a sea-green brick home with barred windows in a working-class neighborhood of San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador.
—Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
And the manner in which some died — trapped between barred windows and roaring flames — echoes this.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barred
Adjective
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The technology replaced roughly 300 human line judges this year, some of whom showed up in their striped uniforms to protest.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
11 July 2025
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Visit the Duomo in Amalfi, where the Byzantine facade is made of striped marble and stone.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Collecting the bodies For nearly three days, corpses littered the streets of Pine village, after villagers said fighters forbade them from collecting their dead, according to three of the locals CNN spoke to.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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When his boss, the Archbishop of Vienna, forbade the wicked play The Marriage of Figaro to be composed as an opera, Mozart composed the comic opera anyway.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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But when GLP-1s are excluded, that figure drops sharply to $370 million.—
Bruce Gil,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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Certain nations may also be excluded from the tariffs, according to a separate report from Bloomberg.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The 23-year-old has guarded big men aplenty all season.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Major League Baseball franchises are guarded in so many ways.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Benny and the Forbidden Garden, a 28-page book conceptualized and written by high-schoolers on the Placer County Youth Commission, follows a bunny who starts school and encounters a forbidden garden lush with intoxicating flowers.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2025
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Her investigation reveals forbidden rituals and buried wartime secrets connected to a sealed cave, with supernatural forces closing in around her.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Instead, time is running out an array of bad defensive performances leave them eight points behind the Montreal Canadiens and a tragic number of one to be eliminated, something that can happen as soon as Thursday’s visit to the New York Islanders.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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New York isn’t technically eliminated, but that will happen soon.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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While a large group was prevented from entering this week by the NYPD and MTAPD, some entered the concourse, where after breaking Terminal rules they were ordered to depart or face arrest, and most were successfully removed without incident.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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However, he was still bound by a contractual non-compete clause that prevented Nicklaus from designing golf courses with his name on them.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Barred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barred. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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