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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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  • Miami held Wake Forest (2-1, 0-1 ACC) to 22 rushing yards on 16 attempts (41 yards on 13 attempts if excluding the 19 yards lost on three sacks).
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, there might not be another media network in the country, other than BET, that has prioritized excluding white people from its hiring practices as much as ESPN has over the past decade.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of excluding
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  • The treatment offers an alternative to daily long-acting insulin, potentially eliminating more than 300 injections a year , according to Lilly .
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Plans also call for eliminating teacher-student staff ratios, defaulting caps to the licensing requirements of each state.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of eliminating
Verb
  • Lawmakers in several states have proposed restricting or even banning them.
    — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • And two of the core principles should be, one, banning any self- improving AI, recursive self-improving AI.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of banning
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
Definition of blackballing
Verb
  • The city joins a number of others that have passed laws preventing discrimination against people who live in nonmonogamous relationships.
    — Casey Parks, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
  • MXene nanosheets fill the microscopic gaps between those fibers, locking them in place and preventing slippage under physical pressure.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of preventing
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  • The next day, Yosemite’s acting superintendent signed a new rule prohibiting people from hanging large banners and flags in areas designated as wilderness, which would include El Capitan.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The watchdog alleges that the contribution violated a state law prohibiting donations from lobbyists, political committees or corporations during the session.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 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
  • Singer’s journey Looking at Parton’s life reveals how a celebrity can incorporate religion into their public persona, without ostracizing admirers from other traditions.
    — Sarah Dees, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The deliberations come as the Treasury Department on Monday warned countries doing trade with Iran that new secondary sanctions are in the pipeline aimed at ostracizing nations that continue to do business with Tehran.
    — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ostracizing
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“Blacklisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklisting. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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