blacklist

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Recent Examples of blacklist These services would get a court order for an exchange or an issuer like Tether or Circle who could blacklist an address. Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026 His campaign aides criticized the initiative, and news reports suggested that Project 2025 leaders would be blacklisted from working in the Trump White House. Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 Over the next decade, hundreds more stars and other key players in the entertainment industry were fired, purged and blacklisted in what became known as the blacklist era. Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025 Many organisations blacklist insecure apps while whitelisting productivity and security apps. Mike Rosen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blacklist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacklist
Verb
  • Pre-academy training and orientation programs, as well as on-the-job training, were excluded from the analysis.
    Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Each state is responsible for regularly checking the exclusions list to ensure that state agencies administering Medicaid do not enroll or continue to disburse payments to excluded entities.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • One big question is about whether the final Senate legislation will include a provision to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.
    Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2026
  • What's wrong, in his view, is why the AI company he co-founded has been banned from the federal government.
    March 1, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Sure enough, Johnny was eliminated at the next Roundtable, with Maura casting the deciding vote.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Earlier studies show women appear to eliminate certain PFAS faster than men due to pregnancy, breastfeeding and menstrual blood loss.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Kaepernick was not issued a fine or suspension by the NFL, though no teams signed him as a 29-year-old free agent, leading to debate over whether he was blackballed by the league for his stance.
    Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Gone are the days of hulking box safeties like Kyle Dugger and Jabrill Peppers, which should rule out Bears safety Jaquan Brisker from consideration.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
  • However, if a player is ruled out for the regular season and the playoffs, then teams can receive the full cap relief.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Tulsa King centers around mobster Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), who, after serving hard time in New York, is sent (or rather exiled) to Oklahoma.
    Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • After being exiled from the property, Andrew moved to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, specifically Wood Farm—but Sarah has been MIA.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The loss dropped the Celtics to 38-20, preventing them from clearing a benchmark all but three NBA champions since 1980 have cleared.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The allegations levied by Mamás de DPS first appeared in a lawsuit the group filed in 2024 seeking to prevent DPS from closing schools due to falling K-12 enrollment.
    Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Trotting out the identical top-choice team that a few days later shut out Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in its MLS opener, LAFC brought its full force down on Real España’s head.
    Josh Gross, Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • After a lopsided loss to Finland, Clara performed well against Switzerland, which shut out its neighbors in the qualifying round.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026

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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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