as in excluded
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight
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Major opposition candidates were excluded from the race in the lead-up to voting, including former Credit Suisse president Tidjane Thiam and former President Laurent Gbagbo.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Participants were relatively inactive, which was defined as walking less than 8,000 steps per day, and the study excluded people who already had major illnesses to reduce bias.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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But the league had banned him prior to that.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, Smith voluntarily resigned from the Academy, and the organization banned him from attending the Oscars or any other Academy event for 10 years.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Oct. 2025
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After New York helped the ladies decorate their cakes for the next 120 seconds, Dan ultimately eliminated one of them in pursuit of the prize.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Despite being a favorite among her fellow contestants, she was eliminated from the group’s running early on.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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The company’s founder, Kenneth Chee, had prior felony convictions and was barred from holding federal explosives permits.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Jones Act of 1920 — intended to protect domestic fleets — barred international construction for US operators, but without parallel investments to modernize US shipyards, the law only raised costs.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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Gabbie Monagle-Fleming scored twice and Teagan Graham had two assists as Concord-Carlisle (9-1-4) shut out Wayland 3-0 in Dual County League play.—
Kristina Banahan,
Boston Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Chiefs shut out the Raiders 31-0 on Sunday in what might have been the most dominant regular-season win of Andy Reid’s 27-year head-coaching career.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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These analyses ruled out explanations like recency bias, where animals simply favor the most recent signal, or responding to the most obvious cue.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Mainstream parties from the left to the right have ruled out joining a coalition with them.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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The documents contained details of disciplinary action and indicated that Sherrill was prohibited from participating in her 1994 graduation ceremony after declining to identify classmates implicated in a cheating incident.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The Fifteenth Amendment had prohibited denying or abridging voting rights based on race, color, or conditions of previous servitude.—
Time,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this month, Bush told PEOPLE that Bills quarterback Josh Allen and his wife, actress Hailee Steinfeld, have previously put on the party, but work commitments prevented Steinfeld from continuing the tradition.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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While the government shutdown has prevented data sharing from any NASA missions that have observed the comet since October 1, the ESA’s Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter attempted to capture views of 3I/ATLAS in October.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Counted (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counted%20%28out%29. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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