blacklisted

past tense of blacklist

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Recent Examples of blacklisted 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
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Verb
  • Converts, as well as the children of Parsi mothers with non-Parsi fathers, were excluded.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • The Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands of people had died in the war between the federal forces and regional groups, was again excluded from the election, denying it a voice in parliament and further pushing it to the margins.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Pride Nights and radical members of the LGBTQ community, including Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow, have shamed, and even ostracized millions of fans and many players who don’t align with their ideology.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • As if the police brutality were not sufficient punishment, certain friends and relatives ostracized the Mashininis.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Last week, the UK government banned social media for under-16s starting next year, modeling its restrictions on those set by the Australian government in December.
    Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 23 June 2026
  • Authorities also banned alcohol consumption in several areas placed under the highest heat alert, including Paris, citing public safety concerns.
    Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Amazon Studios has been sued by a post-production vendor who alleges he was blackballed after refusing to pay kickbacks to an Amazon employee.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • As part of the overall budget negotiations, lawmakers agreed to delay some healthcare cuts that would have required monthly premiums for immigrants and eliminated dental care.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • 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.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The Vatican promptly excommunicated Lefebvre and the four other bishops, and the group today still has no legal status in the Catholic Church.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Many of those on the list were members of Table Rock Church, which had excommunicated the couple.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The city announced in a news release that CJR Construction Group of Raytown has been debarred for two years, meaning the company cannot receive city contracts during that time.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On match days, all aircraft operations, including drones, are prohibited within a radius of 3 nautical miles and up to 3,000 feet above ground level around the stadiums unless specifically authorized by air traffic controllers.
    Reuters, NBC news, 23 June 2026
  • They are typically prohibited on multi-use paths and state park trails unless specifically signed otherwise.
    Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 23 June 2026

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“Blacklisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklisted. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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