as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
the judge debarred all of the reporters from the courtroom
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Recent Examples of debar
In May 2024, the city debarred Makai Solutions from doing business with all departments for three years after the company failed to appear at a hearing.
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Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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.
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Michael Barba,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Aug. 2025
The city announced in a news release that CJR Construction Group of Raytown has been debarred for two years, meaning the company cannot receive city contracts during that time.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Aug. 2025
Courts have rejected that theory in cases defunding and debarring ACORN and a Russian cybersecurity firm from federal work.
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The Editors,
National Review,
9 July 2025
But Bair Ranch was never debarred from the program.
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Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2024
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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.
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Michael Barba,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Aug. 2025
The city announced in a news release that CJR Construction Group of Raytown has been debarred for two years, meaning the company cannot receive city contracts during that time.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Aug. 2025
Courts have rejected that theory in cases defunding and debarring ACORN and a Russian cybersecurity firm from federal work.
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The Editors,
National Review,
9 July 2025
But Bair Ranch was never debarred from the program.
—
Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debar
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Part of the Department of Education's initial policy, which has now been reversed, was excluding nursing programs from the professional definitions.
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The housing bill, formally called the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, can still become law if Trump neither signs it nor vetoes it in 10 days, excluding Sundays.
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After thousands of Nepalese citizens volunteered to fight for Russia, Nepal banned any travel to Ukraine or Russia for work.
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Transgender athletes The court heard arguments in January over the legality of laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools including universities.
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Cloud cover prevented a California Highway Patrol helicopter from reaching the injured climber directly, forcing the rescue to unfold in stages.
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Increasing staff at medical facilities during heat waves could also prevent unnecessary deaths.
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This is the earliest that the Netherlands was eliminated from a World Cup tournament in history, reports ESPN.
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Vic makes some baffling choices here, buzzing in twice on the first word in the series without hearing the rest, and getting eliminated from multiple rounds five seconds in.
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Fireworks that launch into the air — such as bottle rockets — dart across the ground or explode are considered dangerous and are strictly prohibited for use, according to Metro Fire and Cal Fire.
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Federal law already prohibits non-citizens from voting.
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“Debar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debar. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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