debarred

verb

past tense of debar
as in excluded
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 debarred 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. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debarred
  1. excluded
  2. banned
  3. barred
  4. prohibited
  5. eliminated
  6. prevented
Verb
  • For some clubs that were running close to the wire under PSR, the shift will ease regulatory worries, as operating costs are now excluded.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Some farmers have crop damage that is not severe enough to warrant an insurance claim, so those numbers are excluded from our analysis.
    — Aaron Smith, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluded
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  • Facing fuel shortages at home, Moscow has banned gas and diesel exports through the end of January 2027.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Prestianni denied the allegation and was subsequently banned by UEFA and FIFA after admitting to using a homophobic (rather than racist) slur against the Madrid forward.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of banned
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  • Afghanistan is now the only country on earth where girls are barred from education past sixth grade.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • According to the complaint, Spaventa allegedly coached his sales squad, many of whom were not registered while several had been previously suspended or barred by regulatory agency Finra.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of barred
Verb
  • As a preventive measure, Assemblymember Chris Rogers, D-Ukiah, introduced AB 928, which would have prohibited a person from keeping more than 25 caged or tethered game fowl roosters.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • His two sisters were students before the Taliban prohibited girls from continuing beyond primary school.
    — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibited
Verb
  • For many craft distillers, those closures eliminated one of their primary ways of selling their products.
    — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The 45-year-old in Frisco, Texas, was a senior manager in e-commerce and fulfillment at a large retailer until her job was eliminated in early 2025.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of eliminated
Verb
  • The move prevented the federal district court from making its own interim appointment, who would have been able to serve until a new candidate was presidentially appointed and confirmed by the Senate.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In this new threat landscape, biological attacks are unlikely to be prevented entirely, given the proliferation of biological capabilities and the fact that some actors cannot be deterred by traditional means.
    — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of prevented

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