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
  • Open models will be excluded from the voluntary pre-release review, at least for now.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Research found that more than 70% of workers report being socially excluded at work in six months, while 48% report harassment or bullying, and those are big numbers.
    — Jason Walker PsyD, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluded
Verb
  • The account has been deactivated and was subsequently banned by the social media platform, which noted that the content of his livestream related to self-harm violated TikTok’s community guidelines.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the council majority voted to ban the use of firearms in the city, rectifying an apparent oversight in 2011 that removed the prohibition on shooting firearms from a list of weapons that were banned.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of banned
Verb
  • Min Aung Hlaing has since been barred from attending top-level meetings for failing to comply with the plan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Cloobeck and Lavie had publicly announced plans to get married in Jerusalem, but Lavie was subsequently barred from leaving the state due to her pending criminal case.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of barred
Verb
  • The hospital is required to update the list monthly and prohibited from removing someone from the list, whether or not anything in their medical record has changed.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
  • However, Canada's border policy at the time prohibited most unvaxxed foreign nationals from entering the country.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibited
Verb
  • The Twins then quickly crossed off another need by being aggressive on Friday and adding Kremer, which eliminated a potential weakness.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The racial and ethnic minority category will be eliminated from the program as a result of the judge’s ruling, but the other categories remain.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of eliminated
Verb
  • Investments with a visible before-and-after—money saved, costs cut, a loss prevented—are easier to measure and therefore easier for potential clients to justify.
    — Tyler Hochman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That has prevented SpaceX employees and other insiders from selling shares for a period following the IPO.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of prevented

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