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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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Apps that collect only limited information for legal or safety purposes, such as identity checks under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, are excluded as well.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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Certain vehicles are excluded from coverage, including antique cars, cargo vans, trucks, motorcycles, RVs and others.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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Far from being ostracized, Palestinian leaders are being courted by statesmen even while hostages remain in Gaza—even while Hamas openly vows to repeat October 7 again and again.—
Aviva Klompas,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hamas watched in recent months as Israel has become increasingly ostracized.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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The majority of Jafar Panahi‘s movies have been made illegally, under the radar, and in secret away from the eyes of the Iranian government, if not banned in his home country altogether.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
20 Oct. 2025
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The state also limited preseason contact drills to six hours total and banned spring and summer practices.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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The reductive street code has blackballed Gunna in the rap game, with Offset and Roddy Ricch being the sole rapper collaborators on his two post-release albums.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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Early in the year, the department-run Foreign Service Institute eliminated over 1,200 courses with DEI and other diversity themes.—
Paul du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Farmers in Lebanon didn't seem keen on how recent developments had eliminated so much farmland, and several Zionsville residents emphasized how people living in rural areas of the town especially cherished their scenery.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
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The student movement should have immediately excommunicated him.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Harmses had been excommunicated from the church, and a current and a former church leader obtained protection orders, Bleazard said.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Sep. 2025
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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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Betting on college sports remains prohibited.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Pino carried out this change despite a Miami-Dade judge’s order in the couple’s long-running divorce case that prohibited him from disposing of their marital assets, according to her lawyers.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Blacklisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklisted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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