blacklist

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for blacklist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacklist
Verb
  • For example, a West Virginia law passed in early 2025 gives teachers more power to exclude disruptive students from their classrooms.
    Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Products governed by a trade deal with Canada and Mexico also were excluded.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Authorities have banned all activities within a 2½-mile danger zone around the crater, in line with recommendations from Indonesia’s volcanology agency.
    Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • Cameras won't be banned from the high-profile murder case of the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk, a Utah judge ruled Friday, saying coverage requests from news stations would continue to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • Tennessee's General Assembly approved a new congressional map on May 7 that splits Memphis and divides the city's majority Black voters into neighboring districts, intended to eliminate that state’s last Democratic congressional seat.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Trim or eliminate tariffs, protect our veterans and disabled people’s finances and security, increase Social Security to reflect higher prices, more tax deductions.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Social media rumors swirled that the league was blackballing her because of her activism.
    Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Little can be ruled out at this point.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
  • The main concern with this activity would be damaging winds, although isolated hail cannot be ruled out.
    Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Ultimately, she was exiled to the remote town of Brandfort, in the Free State, in a harsh attempt to stifle her influence and activism.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 2 May 2026
  • The trip was judged a success despite 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, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Obama believes norms that prevent the expansion of executive power may need to be codified into law.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • The research team led by Schlamminger performed a completely blind analysis, randomizing the values of the masses used to prevent experimenter bias.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Season 2 picked up 11 Emmy wins, but Season 3 was shut out with 13 nominations.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 May 2026
  • The city that built out, not up, offered land aplenty — acres at first, then smaller and smaller parcels, fine and dandy, just so long as the front door shut out the world and the back door opened onto a yard, green, clean, and most of all private.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026

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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklist. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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