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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.
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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.
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Kathy M. Newman,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
Many organisations blacklist insecure apps while whitelisting productivity and security apps.
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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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New arrivals of conscription-age Ukrainians, broadly 23 to 60, would be excluded from fresh protections as Kyiv seeks to replenish troops after staggering battlefield losses.
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Many people quickly balked that degrees such as nursing, accounting, architecture and physical therapy were excluded and confined to loan limits of $20,500 annually and $100,000 over a lifetime.
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Earlier this month, residents of Monterey Park voted overwhelmingly to ban data centers, making the San Gabriel Valley city the first in the nation to do so by public vote.
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In April, the UK’s home office banned the rapper from entering the country.
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From Sunday school to public school In recent years, Texas leaders have broadly eliminated studies of racial and cultural diversity while expanding the schools’ abilities to introduce Christianity to students.
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Tunisia entered the game already eliminated from contention for a spot in the knockout round.
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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.
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Kaepernick was blackballed from the NFL for his decision to kneel on the sideline during the playing of the national anthem in protest of police brutality and racial injustice.
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China claims the self-ruling Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out using force to take control of the democratic island.
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White answered for her team's foul trouble in the game as well and didn't rule out that referees are calling more fouls on them.
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Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
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Nejat argues that his experience with Miller and his termination could have been prevented with the protection of a union.
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Segregation laws prevented Black students from integrating into Euless schools in 1950.
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People with disabilities were often shut out of schools, workplaces and public life.
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The Ports, who played as their alternate Copa de la Diversión name, the Cheladas, also gave an option to give dad a shout-out on the jumbotron during a game where the Cheladas shut out the Visalia Rawhide, 8-0.
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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklist. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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