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blacklist

verb

Definition of blacklistnext
as in to exclude

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Recent Examples of blacklist Based on platform regulations, brands can blacklist users, but new accounts can be easily created, which explains the luxury brand’s strategy to impose a sweeping ban on an entire block within the municipality. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 11 May 2026 Nonetheless, Sacks and others within the administration may be hoping Hegseth makes good on his threats to blacklist Anthropic from the national security supply chain. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is threatening to blacklist Anthropic after the artificial intelligence company refused to loosen its safety standards for the military. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026 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
  1. exclude
  2. ban
  3. eliminate
  4. blackball
  5. rule out
  6. exile
  7. prevent
  8. shut out
Verb
  • The piece questions the company's focus on alternative earnings metrics excluding amortization and its squishy customer retention.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • That figure jumped after Friday's inflation report showed that prices remain stubbornly high and core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy, picked up in August from the previous month.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of exclude
Verb
  • Although fines and suspended bans have been handed out to clubs, and some boys have been frozen out of the game for months until being cleared, few transfers have ever been banned by the five-step process.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • At least 25 states are now enforcing laws or policies banning transgender women and girls from competing in at least some women’s and girls' sports and three others have adopted laws but have enforcement blocked by the courts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ban
Verb
  • Companies on this path are looking to AI primarily as a way to reduce headcount, eliminate outside resources and lower their overall marketing investment.
    — George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This deal, covering Southeast Asia’s largest economy and 280 million people, eliminates tariffs on 98 percent of goods traded between the two.
    — JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of eliminate
Verb
  • With his new book set for release next week, the quarterback still believes he was blackballed.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Kaepernick subsequently opted out of his contract with the 49ers and later in the year had received no contract offers; many of Kaepernick’s supporters suspected he was being blackballed because of his peaceful protests.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of blackball
Verb
  • But if Allen is ruled out for the season, the Bills likely tumble out of the top five.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • After investigating 600 items of evidence related to the substation, the National Energy System Operator ruled out suspicious activity in a report saying a preventable moisture fault caused the fire, leaving almost 70,000 homes without power.
    — Henry Austin, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of rule out
Verb
  • Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.
    — Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of exile
Verb
  • CEOs should look for organizational bottlenecks that prevent security teams from acting quickly when risk arises.
    — Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The states’ lawsuit, filed Monday morning in the Southern District of New York, does not seek monetary damages from the federal government, but rather asks the court to block the rule, invalidate it and prevent DHS from using it.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of prevent
Verb
  • Meta supposedly favors Chinese resellers, because, without them, Meta would be shut out from billions in profits from the lucrative Chinese ad market, since its platforms are banned there.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Sofia has strong feelings about the ultra-rich looking out for themselves as the world teeters toward disaster, shutting out everyone else.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of shut out

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