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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.
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Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacklisted
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The electoral board has excluded Tigray and parts of Amhara due to ongoing conflict.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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Tigray has been excluded from federal representation for the last six years.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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Hernandez's own former volleyball teammates Hadeel Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson were allegedly ostracized and targeted after taking a stand against the athlete in the fall.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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In interviews with The Associated Press, two Spanish passengers — speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears they’ll be ostracized once on land — said that despite the outbreak, their days aboard have passed with relative tranquility.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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On Monday, one of those policies suffered a blow when a court ruled that the military illegally banned transgender troops.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Cameras, livestreams and video recordings are also banned from inside the courtroom, and demonstrators must stay outside of a specific perimeter surrounding the courthouse.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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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
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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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Yearly case counts have generally been low since 2000, when the US declared measles eliminated thanks to a decades-long vaccination campaign.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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If no candidate wins an outright majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and their ballots are redistributed to those voters’ next-preferred choices.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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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
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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
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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
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The staff are prohibited from name-dropping famous guests, but social media has it that Rita Ora, Lily Aldridge, and Cristiano Ronaldo have all checked into Amanzoe.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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However, mini bikes, pocket bikes, electric dirt bikes, electric off-road scooters, electric ATVs and electric side-by-side off-road vehicles are prohibited everywhere in the city except on private property.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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“Blacklisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklisted. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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