blacklisting

present participle of blacklist

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Verb
  • Although in 2025, MIA saw its first decline in the first half of the year since 2017, excluding the pandemic year of 2020.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The plan involved certain citizens taking 10% of the United States – the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana – and excluding all nonwhite people from living there.
    Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than eliminating entry-level jobs, organizations should reimagine them for a new era—where early-career professionals are empowered to work alongside AI, learning higher-order skills instead of just routine tasks.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Institute for Progress, a nonpartisan think tank focused on innovation policy, has supported eliminating the lottery.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As part of their demands, the students demanded state and federal lawmakers pass laws banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Balance Project is lobbying their local school district to enforce their device-free policy by banning smartwatches during school.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those remains still saturate the soil of the now quaint hills and regrown forests surrounding the salient that once proved so vital to preventing the invading German forces from reaching Paris.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Among the reasons the name was chosen, according to historians, was to signal that the United States prioritized preventing wars in the post-World War II nuclear age.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The European Union is now prohibiting the use of a key chemical ingredient in some gel nail polishes and other cosmetic products.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Michigan House moved forward with a vote on Tisdel's more restrictive plan, banning elementary and middle school students from using cellphones during the school day and prohibiting high school students from using cellphones in class.
    Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Atlantic Ocean remains clear of significant severe weather systems excepting a tropical wave in the far eastern tropical Atlantic.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Further, the National Retail Federation reports that July’s core retail sales, excepting autos, gasoline stations and food services, could advance nearly 6% year-over-year in July, citing strong summer sales events led by Amazon Prime Day and the pull-forward effect.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Moving forward, Max is taking the lessons of the road to the album’s creation and shutting out outside voices who try to steer her away from her creative instincts.
    Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Automakers are using advances in vehicle technology to monopolize the repair ecosystem, placing systems and data needed for repairs under lock and key and shutting out any competition.
    Dwayne Myers, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For example, some Americans may not have a primary care doctor, thus precluding them from getting a prescription for the Covid shot.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Blacklisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklisting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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