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Recent Examples of debarment
In a separate draft rule proposed last year, OPM suggested failure to sign an NDA could result in termination or debarment from future employment with the federal government.
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Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
26 May 2026
Late last month, HHS referred Harvard for debarment, which would block the institution from receiving any federal funds in the future.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
As a result of investigations, numerous UNRWA personnel affiliated with Hamas have been referred to the State Department for suspension or debarment proceedings.
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Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
The debarment hearing is scheduled to begin Monday.
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Michael Barba,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Aug. 2025
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
26 May 2026
Late last month, HHS referred Harvard for debarment, which would block the institution from receiving any federal funds in the future.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
As a result of investigations, numerous UNRWA personnel affiliated with Hamas have been referred to the State Department for suspension or debarment proceedings.
—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
The debarment hearing is scheduled to begin Monday.
—
Michael Barba,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debarment
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Finland’s parliament on Wednesday voted to lift a decades-old ban on nuclear weapons, approving a major defense policy shift aimed at aligning the country more closely with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deterrence strategy.
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Handlers also report that KBD’s are being used less frequently for deterrence and problem bears are being euthanized more often.
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While most college broadcast-journalism programs tend to encourage would-be talent to ditch their regional accents in favor of a more neutral, untraceable delivery, TV pros who came up in the bigs aren’t subject to that sort of verbal nullification.
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The votes fell strictly along party lines, with every Republican member supported the nullification of a landmark conservation policy that 99 percent of Americans wanted to keep.
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By integrating detection, deception, and neutralization into a single ecosystem—and leveraging the power of autonomy—Ultra Maritime is redefining how naval forces defend themselves beneath the waves.
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The cross-site scripting in this case appears to result from improper input neutralization during web page generation.
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The attack’s thwarting was an undeniable success.
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The thwarting of the Charlotte Hornets, one of the NBA’s fastest squads, is the quintessential White play.
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Those who knew me found this baffling.
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That said, the good outweighs the baffling.
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This legislation aims to ease banking restrictions for state-legal cannabis businesses, which currently operate largely in cash due to federal prohibition.
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Trump promoted the prohibition on tolls on social media June 24.
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“Debarment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debarment. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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