blacklisting

verb

present participle of blacklist
as in excluding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blacklisting
  1. excluding
  2. eliminating
  3. banning
  4. blackballing
  5. preventing
  6. prohibiting
  7. debarring
  8. ostracizing
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  • If they were imported at the CM1e’s Chinese market price of $39,000, tariffs would drive the cost up to nearly $89,000, excluding the cost of Waymo’s autonomous driving hardware that likely exceeds $10,000.
    — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The labor force participation rate, which influences the unemployment, is something to watch after reaching a 50-year low in June (excluding the Covid pandemic era).
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluding
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  • No small part was eliminating suspects who might want Bakley dead.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Coming up next, the bridges will be finished with the end goal of putting all of the entering and exiting traffic of I-79 through a single intersection on the west side of the interstate, and eliminating the existing intersection on the east side.
    — John Shumway, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of eliminating
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  • In addition to Medicare for All, his campaign centered on lowering prescription drug costs and banning corporate PAC money.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • On Tuesday local time, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order banning the construction of new large-scale data centers with a power capacity of 50 megawatts or more for up to one year.
    — , CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of banning
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  • Social media rumors swirled that the league was blackballing her because of her activism.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Last week, Google made sweepstakes ineligible for advertising certification, effectively blackballing them.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of blackballing
Verb
  • Accordingly, preventing or alleviating hypertension and diabetes can partly be done by managing these factors.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Severe storms and flooding can make travel unsafe or impossible, preventing people from leaving their homes, reaching family or attending social gatherings.
    — Fiona Doherty, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of preventing
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  • Judge William Sullivan impounded the call, prohibiting the press from recording or broadcasting the audio.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But now, a sign posted at the entrance of the beach walkway is prohibiting just that.
    — Sooji Nam, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibiting
Verb
  • If Chiu succeeds in debarring Collective Impact, the nonprofit would have to end its summer and after-school programs and close the doors of its three-decade-old Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, its attorneys Lauren Kramer Sujeeth and Si Eun Amber Lee wrote.
    — Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of debarring
Verb
  • The Vanity Fair article was published shortly after, further ostracizing Adams from her former friends and causing the remaining Eternal Values members to become even more insular.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026
  • While going on a spiel about the pitfalls of ostracizing family members for voting MAGA, the TV personality pivoted to his personal experience.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of ostracizing
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