blacklisting

Definition of blacklistingnext
present participle of blacklist

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Verb
  • However, on the earnings call, the management team simply reiterated its guidance for fiscal 2030 next-generation security annual recurring revenue (NGS ARR) — a collection of businesses focused on subscriptions for its cloud-native services, and excluding hardware and legacy products.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 June 2026
  • IndieWire’s criteria for inclusion on the Specialized Chart looks at independent and mini-major distributors with films that at their widest release at any point are below 500 screens, excluding event cinema, re-releases, and major Bollywood or Chinese North American releases.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • In addition to reserve funds, the shortfall was closed by eliminating 114 vacant jobs, adjusting contracts among other things.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • The policies proposed by the candidates range from eliminating key environmental laws to providing free childcare and college tuition.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • But others say banning quotas would prevent them from setting clear expectations and evaluating their employees, a point recently illustrated by the Central Ohio Chiefs Association.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Hester referred to Suski signing onto a friend of the court brief in support of a suit challenging West Virginia's law banning transgender girls from competing on female high school or college teams.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Goldman later cited a Manhattan federal district judge's late May ruling preventing ICE from arresting people attending immigration court during routine, mandatory check-ins.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Kim has called for creating a public disaster insurance program and advocated for preventing companies from raising rates after someone files a home or auto insurance claim.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • The five-judge panel also upheld a 10-year ban prohibiting LaPierre from serving as an officer or director of the NRA, rejecting his contention that the restriction violated his First Amendment rights.
    Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 4 June 2026
  • They are also now ordered to comply with a permanent injunction prohibiting future violations of California laws governing hazardous and medical waste and the protection of confidential medical information.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 3 June 2026
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
Verb
  • 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
  • By focusing so much on the Jewish people and the Jewish state, these provocateurs have a much broader goal in mind than merely ostracizing America's small Jewish minority.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Blacklisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklisting. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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