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
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  • The remaining argument, worth $36 billion by one count and a couple of state budgets by another, is about who licenses it, who is excluded from it, and who collects the tax.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For the most part, that excludes animal fibers like leather and virgin cashmere.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of exclude
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  • The Collective Bargaining Agreement banned two-a-days long ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Wildlife officials are banning fishing during certain hours on rivers and streams across the West, following an exceptionally dry winter and amid widespread drought.
    — Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of ban
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  • Amendment 5 would direct the Legislature to gradually eliminate the individual income tax as state revenue grows.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Most recently, a district court judge in July reinstated a three-day grace period for voters to return mail ballots after election day, which GOP lawmakers had eliminated.
    — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of eliminate
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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.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • 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.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
Definition of blackball
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  • Having no motor drive meant constant manual tracking, which rules out long-exposure astrophotography of nebulae or galaxies.
    — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Latty didn’t rule out the construction of an American warehouse to accomplish those goals, either.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of rule out
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  • Joe, a Geordie exiled to Yorkshire in search of work, regaled his son with stories of Jackie Milburn and the three FA Cup triumphs of the 1950s.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • And last year’s constitutional reforms had already established a one-party system in a country where opposition leaders no longer exist, because they have been exiled.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of exile
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  • Highs in the mid-90s are expected in the Spokane area, though smoke might block out enough warming sunlight to prevent temperatures from getting quite as hotas forecast.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The blacklist caused serious health problems, tore families apart, drove people to suicide, and prevented some potentially great films from ever being made.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of prevent
Verb
  • After Bay was shut out in each of its previous two matches, Bebar breathed life into the offense in the 13th minute, finding the upper corner from outside of the penalty area for her first professional goal.
    — Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • If employers stop hiring job applicants who lack experience, those same individuals will be shut out from obtaining it.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of shut out

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