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Recent Examples of blacklist
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacklist
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First-quarter earnings per share excluding one-time items and revenue topped Wall Street analysts’ highest estimates, as did raised full-year EPS ex-items guidance.—
Davis Giangiulio,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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Why not try and capture an image of the moon during each major phase (excluding the new moon) as the line separating night from day sweeps across the lunar surface throwing ancient craters, ravines and mountain ranges into relief.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
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Overturning Citizens United, comprehensive campaign finance reform, banning stock trades for members of Congress, their family members, and business associates, and term limits.—
Kevin Fixler
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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Last year, the European Union banned emotion AI in the workplace, except for when it’s used for medical or safety reasons.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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Republicans in some states cannot just eliminate all those districts without spreading enough Democratic voters around to jeopardize their own incumbents.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Each robot undergoes over 80 functional tests, including stress and burn-in exercises such as squats and jogging, to eliminate early failures.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Even a popular New York City venue allegedly uses it to blackball people its millionaire owner considers adversaries.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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After being blackballed from the finance sector, Coop resorts to burglarizing the homes of those in his social circle and pawning the items to stay afloat.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Celtics played without Tatum after he was ruled out about 90 minutes before tipoff with left knee stiffness.—
Kyle Hightower,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Some of the attendees at last Saturday’s dinner have ruled out attending another, in part due to the trauma of the first.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Andrew and Epstein cast a shadow Raising the stakes is the shadow of the king’s younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his royal title of Prince Andrew, exiled from public life and put under police investigation over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Raising the stakes is the shadow of the king’s younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his royal title of Prince Andrew, exiled from public life and put under police investigation over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Section Two of the 1965 Voting Rights Act aimed to prevent mapmakers from weakening the voting power of racial minorities by either packing them into one district or spreading them out across too many districts to have an impact.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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British monarchs are subject to rules and norms meant to prevent them from taking overtly political stands.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Republican Steve Hilton leads recent polls while Democrats remain split across multiple candidates, creating fears the party could be shut out of the general election.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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They've been shut out in six games already, or 20% of the time.—
David Troy OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklist. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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